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Mobile Unit. Balclutha history

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Year
1948
Reference
5846
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1948
Reference
5846
Media type
Audio
Series
Mobile Unit - NZ oral history, 1946-1948
Duration
00:35:24
Broadcast Date
10 Nov 1948
Credits
RNZ Collection
GERMAN, E. A.
New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Mobile Recording Unit

Mrs E A German, of Balclutha (Clinton), describes her parents' reaction on arrival at Port Chalmers (her mother had expected to be able to grow oranges), and her own recollections of life in the 1870s, including children's life, schooling, pets, catering for numerous visitors, cooking, grinding wheat by hand, the introduction of fish and birds, native birds - "all good
game", and comment about funerals, with a whispered reference to "Romans".
(old preservation copy on VC 72.)

See also MU 1117-18. id 5758

MUCDR207

5 1170a Interview Mrs German - Balclutha (contd from 1120a [?]) pt 4 of 6

MUCDR208

1 1171a [ditto] pt 5 of 6
2 1170b [ditto] pt 6 of 6