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Makarewa (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

DAWSON, Ailsa Ruth interviewed by Jenny Campbell

 Record Group — Box 11
Identifier: H0265
Overview In this interview Ailsa talks about growing up in Makarewa and then Wyndham. She describes what she remembers of Wyndham growing up and her schooling and past times. Ailsa talks about the impact of WW2. She then talks of moving to Invercargill and meeting her husband through church and her parents in later life.
Dates: 2006

DICKSON, Ivy May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box 38
Identifier: H0376
Overview Ivy talks about her family and childhood. She recalls looking after the family cows as a child. She worked at the Underwood Sugar of Milk factory after leaving school. After a housefire at their property in Makarewa, Ivy and her husband William John and their four children moved to Edendale. She recalls the biggest change in her life was the instillation of electricity.
Dates: 1991

Makarewa Badminton Club

 Record Group
Identifier: A0642
Dates: Majority of material found within 1937 - 2020

Makarewa Bowling Club [including Southland Frozen Meatworks (S.F.M.) Makarewa Bowling Club and Makarewa Ladies Bowling Club]

 Record Group
Identifier: A0656
Overview Processing Note: This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.
Dates: Majority of material found within c. 1937 - 2018

Makarewa Meat Workers Union

 Record Group
Identifier: A0080
Dates: Majority of material found within 1973 - 1999

Makarewa North School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0288
Dates: Majority of material found within 1912 - 1939

Makarewa School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0285
Dates: Majority of material found within 1918 - 1988