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Invercargill (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1039 Collections and/or Records:

Govt. Reserve, Invercargill, Claytons Dept. Building (later South Wing old Post Office), c.1880

 Component — Box ICC-0998: Series S2752
Identifier: S27520001_101
Scope and Contents From the Item: Album containing 114 photographs of early Invercargill and surrounds. The location of the original negatives is unknown, but prints of many of the images can be found in other collections around the country. Some of the photographers have been identified but are largely unknown.See the Southland Times 9th and 10th of December 1924 'Years of Change' special report which features many of the photographs alongside updated views from 1924.Numbers drawn in ink...
Dates: c.1880

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

Grasmere School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0453
Dates: Majority of material found within 1928 - 2004

GRAY, Colin Alexander interviewed by Nancy Burnett

 Record Group — Box 23
Identifier: H0049
Overview This interview is a topic based interview about the 1984 flood and was recorded following the 25th anniversary of the flood. In this interview Colin talks about and describes his family, education and employment first training as a Drafts Person before applying for a Survey Cadetship through the Lands and Survey Department. He was appointment as Staff Surveyor Invercargill and later as Town Planning Officer. He also trained for flooding problems through Civil Defence. Colin goes on to recall...
Dates: 2011

GREANEY, Bruce Arnold interviewed by Gordon Duston

 Record Group — Box 32
Identifier: H0262
Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. Bruce tells of family history and father’s employment as a morse code operator at Awarua and their life at the station. He recalls his memories of the Home Guard and times when enemy craft were close to the NZ coastline. There were large staff members during WW2 with workers working 6-hour shifts around the clock. He recalls leisure activities at the station which included: rabbit shooting, tennis, snooker and rugby....
Dates: 2016

GREENER, John Lionel interviewed by Judith Thomas

 Record Group — Box 45
Identifier: H0493
Overview In this interview John discusses his involvement with cycling, from his early days cycling as a boy in Dunedin to his recent involvement in the Masters Games. He discusses the early days of the development of Kew Bowl in 1952 and of the Tour of Southland from the first tour in 1956.
Dates: 2022

Group of nurses outside the Nurses Home on Leven Street, c.1900

 Item — Box 2: Series S1482; Series S2019; Series S2695; Series S2704; Series S2705; Series S2706; Series S2713; Series S2728; Series S2735; Series S2737; Series S2740; Series S2745; Series S2746; Series S2759; Series S2760; Series S2768; Series S2771; Series S2772; Series S2773; Series S2774; Series S2786 [Barcode: Small Collections Box 2]
Identifier: S27590001
Scope and Contents Six women, two in nurses uniforms, stand on the porch of the Nurses Home on Leven Street, Invercargill.
Dates: c.1900