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Gore (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

McNab School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0307
Dates: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1950

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co Ltd, Gore and Dalgety NZ Ltd.

 Record Group
Identifier: A0074
Overview Processing Note: This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives Staff for collection details.
Dates: 1883 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1883 - 1908; 1976; 2001

ROBB, Agnes Joyce interviewed by Jenny Campbell

 Record Group — Box 14
Identifier: H0242
Overview Agnes discusses life on ‘Glenaray Station’ sheep station where her father was Head Shepherd. She goes on to talk about her education through to Gore High School before going onto teacher training in Dunedin. Agnes taught at Balfour School before her marriage. Her husband had a farm. She returned to teaching after children and retired in 1997. She tells of her involvement in Rural Women. Tells of her children and their careers.
Dates: 2016

ROSE, Stewart Stenning interviewed by Pam McCarthy

 Record Group — Box 55
Identifier: H0623
Overview Stewart Rose was born in 1919. Recalls people talking about the flu epidemic of 1918. Mentions how his father was pushed into the job of funeral director. Gives details of his parent's origins and marriage at Owaka in 1917. Recalls being unwell as a child and his mother not being able to afford to take him to the doctor during the Depression. Describes living in Mataura opposite the freezing works and also living in Roxburgh and Pounawea. Recalls the Proficiency exam in Standard 6 at school....
Dates: 1998

TOCHER, John (Jock) and Helen Elizabeth (Biff) interviewed by Margaret McDougall

 Record Group — Box 27
Identifier: H0180
Overview In this interview Jock and Elizabeth share stories of their individual family’s histories e.g., Grandparents/Great Grandparents, parents and siblings. Before going on to recall their own individual histories of home life, education, childhood activities and employment. For Elizabeth as a Karitane Nurse and for Jock in farming. Jock joined the territorials and went to WW2 in 1940. In 1944 he took part in the D-Day Normandy Invasion. He remained in Europe after the war undertaking various tasks...
Dates: 2013

West Gore School

 Record Group — Box 1: Series S1342; Series S2803
Identifier: A0257
Dates: Majority of material found within 1953 - 1981