Riverton (N.Z.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:
LINDSAY, Beryl Eileen Madge interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box 8
Identifier: H0132
Overview
In this interview Beryl shares her family history and stories from her life. These start with her early life in Roxburgh and Lumsden. Beryl discusses her family's purchase of their farm at Gropher’s Bush, her education, childhood games, employment and marriage to Graham. When they married, they had hens and a cow and Beryl made her own butter. During WW2 Graham was in the Home Guard and Beryl was involved with the local Patriotic Society and knitted for the soldiers, sent food parcels overseas...
Dates:
2007
Lord Jellicoe at The Rocks, Riverton, New Zealand
Digital Image
Identifier: D01560057
Dates:
1921
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Lord Jellicoe at The Rocks, Riverton, New Zealand, 1921
Item — Drawer West 5 a: Series S0156
Identifier: S01560057
Scope and Contents
The visit of the Governor General, Lord Jellicoe, to The Rocks, on 28 July 1921. House built and owned by Maurice Thompson of 151 Leet Street, Invercargill.
Dates:
1921
Marriage Registers, 1862 - 1935
Series
Identifier: S2303
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The marriage registers include marriages for St Faith's Church (Orepuki), St Leonard's Church (Thornbury), St George's Church (Tuatapere), and Holy Trinity Church (Winton), from around the 1890s to 1930s. There are also a number of marriages in private residences.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1862 - 1935
MATHIESON, Ruth interviewed by Carolyn Deverson
Record Group — Box 16
Identifier: H0304
Overview
In this interview Ruth Mathieson talks about her father Vic Stevens. Vic was the 13th of 14 children and was born in 1905. He attended Wild Bush, Riverton and Oraki Schools. When he left school he went to work on the family farm in Longwood and then he was employed by Parkinsons, an electrical installation company, in Invercargill. He worked with a gang getting houses "hooked up to the electric". Vic then mobved to the West Coast and played rugby for the Star Rugby Club and he met and married...
Dates:
2006
MCCALLUM, Warrick Linn interviewed by Robert Guyton
Record Group — Box 39
Identifier: H0139
Overview
In this interview Warrick describes his early life in Woodend and Tisbury. He talks about his work as a butcher and later moving to Riverton. He talks about his involvement in racing and local government and his interest in conservation.
Dates:
2007
McPHERSON Dorothy Clare interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box 37
Identifier: H0362
Overview
In this interview Dorothy recalls her father working on the Railways, living a Waihoaka and shifting to a farm at Pahia, her education at Pahia School, working at home to help with the milking and to look after her mother and then working in the local store. Their farm was self sufficient with cows, sheep hens and a large vegetable garden. Dorothy goes on to tell of her siblings and their occupations, school life, social life and sporting interests. She tells of her marriage to Don and their...
Dates:
2018
Minutes, 1860 - 1904
Series
Identifier: S2304
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes of a General Meeting of Campbelltown (bluff) parishioners, 15 September 1869, giving a loan of one hundred pounds to Riverton
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1860 - 1904
MORE, Rowland James (Roly) interviewed by Louis Norman Nuttall
Record Group — Box 13
Identifier: H0288
Overview
Rowland talks of background history of life in Riverton in the early 1920s and attending ‘Tech’ in Invercargill for 3 years. He lists the fishing fleet, recalls the Riverton Regattas, as well as the businesses in Riverton. On leaving school he went into the family business. He tells of the personalities who worked at the sawmill - local people who had lifelong employment there. He covers the working conditions and the steam engines built by Johnson’s Steam Engines in Invercargill. Rowland also...
Dates:
1999
MOSS, William Hebert (Bill) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 27
Identifier: H0179
Overview
William talks of his family history and moving to Niagara where his father worked in the sawmill. He tells of his education at Niagara and Waikawa schools, chores and trips to Invercargill annually on the train. His family shifted to Wellington and after he became a photo engraver, he took up employment with Craigs in Invercargill and played for Blues Rugby Club. William became a Member of the Graphics and Arts Federation and explains the process of photo engraving, the history of Craigs and of...
Dates:
2012
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