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Bruce Ferguson oral history project

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Date

27 Jun 2000

By

Ferguson, Bruce Archibald, 1917-2010; Dawber, Carol, 1951-

Reference

OHColl-0489/1

Description

Bruce Ferguson was born in Nelson in 1917. Gives details of the early history of Ferntown including his family's settlement at Pakawau. Describes his childhood there. Talks about the Mt Burnett coalmine, Puponga shipping and coalminers, the Pakawau timber mill and the Dry Road project. Describes working at Kaihoka and building a house there. Talks about local personalities including Edmund Davidson, James Mackay and Joe Taylor. Describes deer, pigs, godwits, ducks, kaka and other wildlife. Recalls travelling to Nelson on the `Wairoa' and the sinking of the 'Kotiti'. Talks about gold prospecting.

Interviewer(s) - Carol Dawber

Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s).

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1843.

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Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.

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Public use may require the written permission of the donor

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Partly restricted material

Format

2 C60 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 1 interview(s), Oral histories

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