Coal mines and mining
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
DUNCAN, James Bernard (Jimmy, Jag) interviewed by Jenny Campbell
Record Group — Box 15
Identifier: H0279
Overview
In this interview James tells in detail his family history before talking of his employment in various areas of Australia and his return to Rotorua and Auckland. When he moved to Christchurch, he became a long-distance truck driver until he had an accident and decided to return come to Southland where he worked in the coal mines for 23 years before being made redundant. Safety issues in the mines were a concern of his. After leaving the mines he was employed by Brightwood Sawmill in Otautau,...
Dates:
2016
EXCELL, Robert Alfred (Alf) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 49
Identifier: H0536
Overview
This is quite a lengthy interview easily divided into three parts, Nightcaps, World War II and Te Anau. Now in his eighties, Alf has good recall of his early years visiting the Te Anau basin in the 1920s as well as those first post-war years when he and Thelma chose to live in what was then still a small settlement. Listening through the interview you will hear descriptive details about some of the long gone people and dwellings that first dotted the water's edge of Lake Te Anau.
Dates:
2004
EXCELL, Walter interviewed by David van Tongeren
Record Group — Box 45
Identifier: H0451
Overview
In this interview Walter discusses family, education, employment, teaching career and leisure pursuits e.g. fishing and hunting that bolstered food supplies. He talks about being a conscientious objector and the consequences of this on his life. He goes on to share some history of mines in Western Southland and some local stories e.g. the first and only train robbery in Southland.
Dates:
1994
KLEMICK, Martin (Marty) interviewed by Jenny Campbell
Record Group — Box 28
Identifier: H0181
Overview
Marty talks of his family history and life growing up in a large family in Nightcaps; his education and employment in the local mines. He recalls topics such as: mine safety, explosives, physical work, unions, mine managers, wages etc. His father built their family home and this is one of the oldest homes in Nightcaps. Marty also looks at friendships built through his work.
Dates:
2013
Legal documents, 1952 - 1953
Series
Identifier: S2772
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1952 - 1953
MOYLAN, Juliette Margaret (Julie) interviewed by Anne McCracken
Record Group — Box 31
Identifier: H0413
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2019-2020
NEILSEN, William David (Bill) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 50
Identifier: H0548
Overview
As he says during the recording, Bill's intention, on first being appointed General Manager of the THC Hotel in Te Anau in 1979, was to do the job for a couple of years and move on. Twenty-five years later he is still living in the town having played a prominent role in tourism in both Te Anau and Milford Sound. In this profile, Bill not only discusses tourism and the development of the hospitality industry in the region and across New Zealand, but he also provides an insight into the lives of...
Dates:
2005
NEYLON, James Francis interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group — Box 21
Identifier: H0077
Overview
In this interview Jim describes his family history, life in Nightcaps, early childhood memories and education at Wrey’s Bush Convent and St Kevins in Oamaru. He worked in the mining industry for 43 years and gives a detailed description of this work and the history of the mines, conditions of work, strikes and an explosion/fire in the Wairaki mine in 1972. He tells of his marriage and 5 children; their lives and achievements.
Dates:
2008
Nightcaps Coal Company
Digital Image
Identifier: D18050001
Dates:
c.1900
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Nightcaps Coal Company, c.1900
Item — Box 1: Series S1805; Series S0874; Series S0875; Series S1053; Series S1172; Series S1172; Series S1167; Series S1166; Series S0949; Series S0950; Series S0975; Series S1343; Series S1400; Series S1402; Series S1401; Series S1403; Series S1797; Series S1883 [Barcode: Small Collections Box 1]
Identifier: S18050001
Scope and Contents
Workers of the Nightcaps Coal Company. The men sit on and in coal carts in front of an entrance to the mine. John Lloyd and James Blackmun named.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
Dates:
c.1900
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