Gillespie, Sheila Margaret

Production date
1993
Description
Oral history. Sheila was born in Edinburgh in 1929. After graduating from Edinburgh University and Agricultural College, she worked in the dairy industry in Scotland as a Bacteriologist. Sheila describes her reasons for emigration, her experiences on board ship (The Captain Cook) in 1953 and her arrival in New Zealand. She describes her experiences of dairy farming in Taranaki and life with her husband Thomas. They sold their farm in 1976.
Recorded: 8 February 1993. Interviewer: Joy Peckham
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Object detail

Production date

1993

Subject person

Sheila Margaret Gillespie

Thomas Gillespie

Classification

oral history/(for Archives)

Collection

Oral histories-Emigration

Item list

Part 1

Research tape. Tape 1 side 1 and side 2

Part 2

Master tape.

Part 3

Abstract.

Part 4

WAV

Accession number

ARC2004-1751

Collection type

My shortlist

Subject place

Edinburgh Scotland Great Britain Europe Tarata Taranaki New Zealand Polynesia Oceania North Island Kaimata Inglewood

Subject

Farming Agriculture, fishing and forestry Family activities Entertainment and recreation

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