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Northern Southland (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

Service Registers, 1922 - 1968

 Series
Identifier: S2385
Dates: Majority of material found within 1922 - 1968

STRINGER, Isobel Mary interviewed by Jenny Campbell

 Record Group — Box 11
Identifier: H0163
Overview In this interview Isobel tells of her life growing up and living in the Mossburn area on a farm. She recalls getting electricity, the coal range and oil lamps. She learnt to play the piano and played the organ every second Sunday at Church. Isobel talks of meeting and marrying her husband and their 6 children and her interest in gardening and family recreational times. She recalls the community fundraising activities for the new Community Centre. In 1980 they moved to Queenstown.
Dates: 2007

Te Anau School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0467
Dates: Majority of material found within 1928 - 1981

The Key School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0259
Dates: Majority of material found within 1917 - 1922

The Plains School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0373
Dates: Majority of material found within 1930 - 1934

Thomas Lowther Barnhill of Castlerock Station, Lumsden

 Record Group
Identifier: A0067
Dates: Majority of material found within 1871 - 1911

THOMPSON, Margaret Evelyn interveiwed by Ailsa Dawson

 Record Group — Box 8
Identifier: H0168
Overview Margaret talks of early life on the family farm at Five Rivers describing daily life routines of school, working on the farm after school and the need to order groceries from Invercargill. She recalls recreational pursuits e.g. sports, dances and craft work. Margret goes on to tell of her own children and families and their education. She was a member of St John’s Ambulance for almost 50 years, the caretaker of the Lumsden Hall and School for 28 years and involved in fundraising for the...
Dates: 2007

Town District of Lumsden and Part of South Lumsden, 1917

 Item — Map-box 1: Series S0090
Identifier: S00900009
Overview Showing part of Hokonui District, Lumsden and South Lumsden.
Dates: 1917