Mobile Unit. Palmerston Reminiscences

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Year
1948
Reference
5544
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1948
Reference
5544
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Series
Mobile Unit - NZ oral history, 1946-1948
Duration
01:47:00
Credits
RNZ Collection
FELL, Ben
PARK, A.
MCFEE, J.
McDonald, Mrs.
FLANNERY, J.
New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Mobile Recording Unit

Mr A. Park, Mr Ben Fell, Mr J. McFee, Mr R.M. Templeton, Mr J. Flannery and Mrs McDonald of Palmerston discuss the history of the district. Subjects include the first rabbits released in Shag Valley, Chinese labourers and their treatment, wagoners, roads, entertainment and sports.

Mrs McDonald talks about her great-grandfather, an early European settler to Ōtākou, Octavius Harwood.