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Spar Bush (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

SMITH, Charlotte Anne Lindsay (Nan) interviewed by Lloyd Esler

 Record Group — Box 8
Identifier: H0156
Overview Nan discusses and describes her family history: her father and grandfather settling in NZ and making a life here; her education first at Spar Bush school then at Southland Girls High. She talks of her memories of the depression and farm conditions at this time. When she left school she qualified as a nurse in 1936. Nan recalls and mentions wartime Invercargill e.g. ration books, petrol rationing, Park Hospital and the purchase of her Vauxhall 12 car for £300.00. Nan worked for ten years at Park...
Dates: 2007

Spar Bush Hall Society

 Record Group
Identifier: A0027
Dates: Majority of material found within 1898 -1937

Spar Bush School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0287
Dates: Majority of material found within 1883 - 1939