Riverton (N.Z.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
Grant Postcard and Photograph Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0637
Overview
Processing Note: This collection has been partially arranged and described. A large amount of unprocessed material remains in Accession ICF70. Contact Archives staff for details.Contains 204 digital copies of black and white and colour postcards from around Invercargill and Southland. Includes Estuary, Botanic Gardens, Tay, Dee and Esk Streets, Cathedral, Hospitals, Post Office, Oreti Beach, Town Hall, views from Water Tower, Thomson's Bush, Makarewa Bush,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1910 - 2000
HAMLIN Frank Albert (Albie) interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group
Identifier: H0039
Overview
In this interview Albie tells of his early life and education at Gummies Bush/Wild Bush; his employment history at the Dairy Factory and later on the Pest Board. He gives detailed descriptions of methods used for the eradication of rabbits. Albie went to war and tells of his involvement and experiences. He was a prisoner of war for two years. In 1975 he and his wife joined the Prisoner Of War Association tour through Europe.
Dates:
2006
HILL, Ken and Catherine interviewed by Lynne Grove
Record Group
Identifier: H0103
Overview
This interview is a topic-based interview covering ditch digging and land drainage in Southland. Ken and Catherine talk about the recollections of a common grandfather, Ernie Coster, who was a ditch digger.
Dates:
2006
HINKLEY, Nalda Carolyn interviewed by Richard Savory
Record Group
Identifier: H0075
Overview
In this interview Nalda looks extensively at her family history in Tasmania and their settling Riverton. She details her parent’s hotel, talks of school holidays, entertainment for children at Riverton, her own education and later employment. She reflects on the outbreak of WW2, its effects, joining the army, meeting her husband and his participation in Greece with 23rd battalion. She discusses Gratuities and Rehabilitation Assistance, the building of their first home and family life.
Dates:
2009
HOPGOOD, Rowland James McPhedran (Rolly) interviewed by Warrick McCallum
Record Group
Identifier: H0311
Invercargill and Southland Photograph and Postcard Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0291
Overview
This collection consists of small donations of photographs and postcards given to the Archive by a number of different donors. They have been arranged and described together into this collection for ease of use.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1865 - c.1950s
JENKINS, William Ernest (Bill) and Maureen interviewed by Janice TEMPLETON
Record Group
Identifier: H0245
Overview
In this interview Bill describes his work in the Boiler House at Riverton Hospital e.g. powering the boiler, shifts and hours of work, and some of the people he worked with e.g. Don Wells, Ken Stevens and Brian Stewart. Maureen worked as a physiotherapist at the hospital.
Dates:
2016
JONES, Catherine Allison Phyllis interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group
Identifier: H0672
Dates:
2024
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