Mataura (N.Z.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
(35) MacGibbon's accomodation house, Mataura, c.1870
Component — Box ICC-0998: Series S2752
Identifier: S27520001_035
Scope and Contents
West side of Mataura River, immediately north of the Mataura Falls.
Dates:
c.1870
BOLGER, Montague Graham (Monty) interviewed by Edna McKelvie
Record Group — Box 57
Identifier: H0611
Overview
Montague Bolger was born in Christchurch in 1910. Mentions his Irish grandparents meeting on the journey to New Zealand and subsequently having four sons. Notes that his parents John and Ethel had six sons. Recalls his father's employment at Costers coal mine, the Mataura Freezing Works and on their farm on the Mataura Winton road. Describes attending the Mataura School and leaving at the age of fourteen. Talks about working as engine driver at Rowes coal mine where his father was manager....
Dates:
1998
CULLEN, Heather Jean interviewed by Kelly Haydon
Record Group — Box 17
Identifier: H0087
Overview
In this interview Heather tells of her family and education at: Morton Mains School, Mataura Primary School and Gore High School as well as her tertiary education at Dunedin Training College and subjects at University. Heather recalls her reasons for becoming a teacher and her teaching career. She goes on to talk about her marriage to Peter, the building of their home, the neighbours, neighbourhood and the history behind the naming of their street (North Terrace.) In retirement she and Peter...
Dates:
2011
DAWSON, Ian Maurice Joseph interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group — Box 25
Identifier: H0402
Dates:
2019
DICKIE, Ronald Stevenson interviewed by Richard Savory
Record Group — Box 39
Identifier: H0378
Dates:
2018
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
HESSELIN, Alexander Reko (Mick) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 14
Identifier: H0257
Dates:
2016
HORRELL, Albert Edwin John interviewed by Avis McDonald
Record Group — Box 55
Identifier: H0621
Overview
Bert Horrell was born in Gore in 1917. Describes how his grandfather emigrated to New Zealand in the 1880s. Talks about their farm across the Mataura River and the difficulty of crossing it to get to school. Mentions how his father, as a child, had learned how to cross the river with a horse and dray full of school children. Talks about his father buying a farm at Mandeville. Describes going to Mandeville school, conditions, teachers Alan Prentice and Miss Barclay and sitting Proficiency....
Dates:
1998
Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Mataura Lodge Number 40
Record Group
Identifier: A0550
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1898 - 1950
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