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Oral history

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 961 Collections and/or Records:

MACKENZIE, Malcolm David interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group — Box 1
Identifier: H0108
Overview In this interview, Malcolm talks about his family background and farm life on Heatherlea Farm (East Limehills, Southland), as well as physical details of the farm. He describes roles of family members in farm and household work; rabbit control activities during childhood; owners of neighboring farms; changes in farming practices and in the farming community; attendance at Limehills School and Browns School; father’s illness and early death; background on Otapiri Hall and Otapiri Dance Club;...
Dates: 2013

MACKENZIE, Martha Cooper (Mattie) interviewed by Richard Savory

 Record Group — Box 2
Identifier: H0128
Overview Mattie’s family lived at Hakataramea until getting a balloted farm at Beaumont around 1915. Beaumont was a thriving community until the railway closed. Grocery, butchery and bakery deliveries were once a week. Mattie describes the effects of her mother breaking her leg, her father’s ill health and her brother Alister’s war service which lead to his death in the Solomon Islands. Mattie took charge of the Post Office and Telephone Exchange. After her marriage they moved to her husband’s family...
Dates: 2009

Margaret and Allan Jaquiery

 Digital Image
Identifier: DH00160004
Dates: c.1920

Margaret and Allan Jaquiery , c.1920

 Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H00160004
Overview Margaret 3yrs (left) and Allan Jaquiery 13 months, about 1920, George St, Invercargill.
Dates: c.1920

Margaret Robina Palmer, Aged 84

 Digital Image
Identifier: DH04540003
Dates: 2018