Invercargill (N.Z.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1026 Collections and/or Records:
WILSON, James Gordon Ivon interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 34
Identifier: H0272
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the Grand Hotel Project. In this interview James recalls going to the Grand for meals as a boy through to drinking there as an adult. He recalls the various bars, the change in closing times and recounts events that happened at the hotal, including the protests for the Springbok tour of 1981.
Dates:
2016
WILSON, Winifred May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box 45
Identifier: H0500
Overview
In this interview, May talks about how she first got involved with Highland Dancing at the age of 10 through dancing with the Mataura Kilties Pipe Band. She was taught by Stella Glennie. May moved to Dunedin to be taught by William Kilgour. She took part in a dance tour of Central Otago. In the early 1920s, when men dominated the Highland dancing world, May won the first combined men’s and women’s over-18 championship. In 1924 she travelled to Scotland where she won both the Highland fling and...
Dates:
1994
Working charts of New River Harbour, 1856 [copy]
Digital Image
Identifier: D00100002_aq
Dates:
No Date
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Working charts of New River Harbour, 1856 [hand-drawn copy], No Date
Component — Map-box 7: Series S0010
Identifier: S00100002_aq
Scope and Contents
Three small hand-drawn maps copied from JT Thomson's Working Chart of New River Harbour, 1856.
Dates:
No Date
W.P. Porter's Drapery Store, Esk Street
Digital Image
Identifier: D27520001_050
Dates:
c.1870
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
ZIMMERMAN, Walter interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box 12
Identifier: H0172
Overview
In this interview Walter tells of his family history, religion, his father’s various occupations and his own education including learning to play the piano. He looks at how as a child having two paper runs and becoming a milk boy saving every cent enabled him to purchase 2 quarter acre sections at the age of 12. Walter has led a very varied and interesting life which has seen him attend Lincoln College, become a shearer, own his own farms, become involved in community work which included: The...
Dates:
2007
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