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Haast oral history project

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Date

17 Dec 1995 to 15 Feb 1998 - 17 Dec 1995 - 15 Feb 1998

By

Bradshaw, Julia, active 1995-1998; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; West Coast Historical Museum

Reference

OHColl-0419

Description

Life history interviews with older residents of the Haast district in the South Island, many of whom are descended from the first Pakeha settlers who arrived in the 1870s and 1880s. Discusses living in an isolated area, medical emergencies, farming, fishing, deer shooting, local identities, schooling, the development of the air service and problems of getting in and out of the district.

Interviews Betty Eggeling, Desmond Nolan, Bernard Cowan, Alan Cron, Mary Jones, Ruth (Ruby) Hill, Myra Cowan, Ted Buchanan, Henry Buchanan and Ann Mackey.

Publication - The far downers : the people and history of Haast and Jackson Bay (University of Otago Press, 2001)

The district was not connected by road to the rest of New Zealand until 1965 when the road from Wanaka to Haast was joined to the road from Haast to Hokitika.

Abstracted by - Julia Bradshaw

Awards/funding - Award in oral history

Interviewer(s) - Julia Bradshaw

Quantity: 24 C60 cassette(s). 10 printed abstract(s). 10 interview(s).

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Search dates: 1920 - 1990

Additional description

Alternative form available: Copies held by West Coast Historical Museum

Use/Reproduction

Public use requires the written permission of individual interviewees and may also require the written permission of the donor Copyright: Julia Bradshaw

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