MOTAT oral history interview with Maurice Challinor
Maker and role
Maurie Challinor, Interviewee
Megan Hutching, Interviewer
Production date
11 Feb 2010
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Object detail
Accession number
10-0232
Description
Oral history interview with Maurice Challinor which focuses on his career as a radio telegraph operator with the Post & Telegraph Department. Includes information about training as a Morse telegraphist, his work at Musick Point, Auckland and his time as postmaster at Scott Base, Antarctica from 1978-9.
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 sound disc (ca. 104 minutes) : digital
Credit line
Maurie Challinor et al. 11 Feb 2010. MOTAT oral history interview with Maurice Challinor, 10-0232. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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Interviews
Challinor, Maurice
Anecdotes
Employees
New Zealand Post Office
Anecdotes
Telegraphy
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Telegraph, Wireless
Anecdotes
Morse code
Anecdotes
Antarctica
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Tangiwai
New Zealand
Railroad accidents
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Hillary, Edmund Percival, Sir, 1919-2008
Anecdotes
Royal visitors
Anecdotes
Auckland Harbour Bridge
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