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Hislop friends, a team of horses ploughing at Waikanae
Date: 1908
From: Hislop, Harold Stevens, d 1933 :Photograph albums
Reference: PA1-o-229-50
Description: Photographs taken by Harold Stevens Hislop in 1908 Top left photograph (PA1-o-229-50-1) "The Williams trio"; three little girls, daughters of the Hislop's friend, Jean Williams Top right photograph (PA1-o-229-50-2) Mabsie Hislop and dog in a country lane, Waikanae Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-229-50-3) Mabsie Hislop (back seat), Jean Williams (front seat) children and friends in a motor car Bottom right photograph (PA1-o-229-50-4) Man ploughing with a team of three draught horses, Waikanae. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Four silver gelatin photographic prints mounted on album page 290 x 225 mm (page size)
Interview with Ted Buchanan
Date: 17 Jun 1996
From: Haast oral history project
By: Buchanan, David Edward, 1927-
Reference: OHInt-0419/02
Description: Ted Buchanan was born in Reefton in 1927. Recalls his family moving from Ikamatua to Haast when he was five. Describes how his father was frequently away as he was a mill worker. Mentions that the six children had chores and his mother, Isabel Buchanan, was tough and capable. Recalls her ploughing fields to plant potatoes. Talks about the vegetable garden, making bread, bottling and storing fruit and making jam. Describes going to school at Okuru, Te Taho and Ikamatua. Mentions his father died when he was twelve. Recalls playing cards, listening to the radio and catching cockabullies for recreation. Describes going to Christchurch for six months when he left school, returning to Haast, felling bush in the Arawata area with his brother Henry and living at the Public Works Department (PWD) camp. Mentions also doing road work. Describes whitebaiting at Cascade and bringing the whitebait out by horse or boat. Mentions constructing an air strip and taking freezers in. Describes deer stalking with Des Nolan for two seasons and gives details of working at Carters Mill as a bushman. Talks about marrying Collette Brazil who worked in a hotel in Hokitika. Mentions visits from the dentist at Hokitika and Dinny Nolan who also pulled teeth out. Talks about ways of getting out to medical help. Recalls the Duggan family, the McPherson family on the Turnbull River and Myrtle Cron who could shoot and skin a deer. Recalls shifting to Mosgiel for his children's education. Interviewer(s) - Julia Bradshaw Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2896.