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- Meet Elizabeth Riley - Heritage Central Otago
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- Heritage Central Otago
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- Heritage Central Otago Oral History Project
- Description
Growing up on the remote Timaru Creek Station with her five brothers and sisters, Elizabeth Riley recounts her memories of day to day life on the Station – caring for other siblings, milking cows and preparing food for the family. Schooling was initially by correspondence, then later by subsidised taxi to Hawea, and finally at boarding school. When Lake Hawea was raised, Liz recalls the huge impact it had on her family. The lake water covered their homestead and the family decided to sell the...
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- Video
- Date created
- September 2020
- Creator
- Heritage Central Otago Oral History Project
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- https://www.heritagecentralotago.org.nz/meet-elizabeth-riley/
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