Farm life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:
McFARLANE, Nola Patricia interview by Cathy Macfie
Record Group — Box 42
Identifier: H0428
Overview
In this interview Nola shares childhood memories of family, education, sports, the depression, employment, games and interests e.g., playing the bagpipes. She details meeting her husband, planning their wedding and mountaineering honeymoon. They built their first house in Joseph Street, before shifting to Otatara and building there on a life style block. Nola also shares a story of husband, Jim, joining the Nepal Expedition with Sir Edmund Hillary and an accident Jim had there and his...
Dates:
2020
McMILLAN, Mary Ferguson interviewed by Ailsa Dawson
Record Group — Box 38
Identifier: H0373
Overview
Mary describes growing up and family life on a farm on the Morton Mains Estate, near Waituna. Her parents died when she was 20 years old and she and her 18-year-old sister brought up her younger siblings. She talks about the opening of the Oteramika Hall. Mary describes industries in the area: dairy factories, the sugar of milk factory at Edendale and a tinned rabbit factory and linen flax mill in Woodlands. She married a neighbour, Alexander McMillan and moved to his farm in Waituna where she...
Dates:
1998
NICOLSON, Ella Vaughan interviewed by Margaret Ann Irving
Record Group — Box 19
Identifier: H0344
Overview
Ella shares her family history, education and religion; as well as her family life growing up in Dipton. She tells of growing up in Dipton and the role her grandparents had. She looks at recreational activities as a child e.g. draughts, rabbiting and family picnics. Ella left school to become her mother’s helper meeting her husband Don in 1939. She was man powered to Sunnyside Mental Hospital 1943-1945. When Don returned home they purchased a farm at Waimatua where they farmed for 37 years....
Dates:
2005
O'CONNOR, Judith interveiwed by Jane Craske
Record Group — Box 2
Identifier: H0210
Overview
Judith looks at her early life through school and growing up at Mokotua where the family had a mixed farm of dairy and sheep on 200 acres. Judith was a day pupil at James Hargest High School before leaving school and working at H & J Smiths until her marriage to Murray. They had three children and Judith gives a description of her time in Dee Street Maternity Hospital. Murray and Judith purchased a dairy farm at Kapuka which is now run by their son. She gives a description of her typical...
Dates:
2014
PATTERSON, Edna Dorothy interviewed by Avis McDonald
Record Group — Box 35
Identifier: H0322
Overview
Edna talks about family history and life when growing up. She talks about the vegetable garden, helping her father in the dairy factory where he was manager, games played and chores as a child. She describes her father’s work and the operation of the factory and cheese making. She details her mother’s role in the home and goes onto talk about her education until leaving school at 15. Her out of school activities included going to Balclutha to learn music and going to Dunedin to learn...
Dates:
2010
PEARS, Brian Monteith interviewed by Anne McCracken
Record Group — Box 41
Identifier: H0406
Dates:
2019
Photograph album of Glenaray Station
Digital Image
Identifier: DH00430006_001
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1945 - c.1949
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Photograph album of Glenaray Station, bulk: c.1945 - c.1949
Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H00430006
Overview
Photograph album of Glenaray Station buildings, people, animals, farmland, and high country.
To view full album see Digital Material link below.
To view full album see Digital Material link below.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1945 - c.1949
Photographs of Glenaray Station
Digital Image
Identifier: DH00430007
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1945 - c.1949
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Photographs of Glenaray Station [8], bulk: c.1945 - c.1949
Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H00430007
Overview
Photographs of Glenaray Station, people, animals, farmland and high country. Loose photos, most likely from the larger photograph album [item H00430006].
Click on Digital Materials link below to see all photographs.
Click on Digital Materials link below to see all photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1945 - c.1949
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