Invercargill (N.Z.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1039 Collections and/or Records:
WATSON, Joan Louisa interviewed by Jenny Campbell
Record Group — Box 16
Identifier: H0171
Overview
In this interview Joan explains how she and her husband Rex knew Dr. Geoffrey Orbell and their discovery of Takahē in Fiordland. She also talks of their subsequent expeditions’ with Dr. Fowler and Jack Sorenson to study the birds; And the publishing of articles about the discovery in papers and magazines throughout the world e.g. National Geographic and Time Magazine.
Dates:
2007
WEAVERS, Henerietta Irene (Ettie) interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group — Box 63
Identifier: H0639
Dates:
1999
Welcome Parade by the Crescent
Digital Record
Identifier: D27520001_106
Dates:
1901
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Welcome Parade by the Crescent, 1901
Component — Box ICC-0998: Series S2752
Identifier: S27520001_106
Scope and Contents
Behind Invercargill Post Office and Government Buildings, looking from Leven Street toward the Crescent. Government Block and Block LXXVI
Featuring: Crescent Buildings, west grounds of the Post Office
Featuring: Crescent Buildings, west grounds of the Post Office
Dates:
1901
West side of Dee Street, looking North [Stereoscopic photo]
Digital Image
Identifier: D27520001_017
Dates:
c.1880
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
WEST, Victor Clyde interviewed by Richard Savory
Record Group — Box 40
Identifier: H0382
Dates:
2018
Whitford Southland Photograph and Postcard Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0492
Dates:
1890 - 1991
WILDERMOTH, Violet May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box 45
Identifier: H0474
Overview
In this interview Violet recalls family history, education, her apprenticeship as a Tailoress and Invercargill history e.g., the building of the Stead Street Bridge in 1922, steam boats on the Estuary, her father becoming Mayor of South Invercargill Borough and her marriage.
Dates:
1991
WILKES, June Alice and Ronald Stormont interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 30
Identifier: H0216
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the Discovering Glengarry's Community Spirit Oral History Project. In this interview Ron talks about his memories of school where he was a first day pupil at Surrey Park School. Then he and June recall building their home in Glengarry, their neighbours and the community, which was made up mostly of young families. They recall their memories of the Glengarry Shopping Centre and a shop Ron opened there selling fruit, vegetables, milk shakes etc.
Dates:
2014
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