Taumata Park
Production date
1983
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An oral history recorded October 1983 with Wally Wave recalling Taumata Park and the drinking fountain in the Park. Remembers Ned Shewry and his family.
Date: 28 November 1983
Interviewer: Janet Old
Abstraction: Carol Sampson
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Part 1
Research tape.
0.5 Wally Wave recalls breaking his arm at the drinking fountain. Describes the fountain.
6.6 Recalls Edmund Hillary's visit to Eltham c1954 and spoke to the locals at the Park. Remembers Len Pinney who decided to bury the canon during World War Two.
12.5 Found a greenstone adze in the river that runs through the Park.
14.4 Talks of Ned Shewry and his family.
21.4 Remembers gardens near the railway station.
23.0 In the river down from the Park was a tunnel that provided water for driving the crusher.
23.8 tape ends.
Date: 28 November 1983
Interviewer: Janet Old
Abstraction: Carol Sampson
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