Reference NumberARC-0467CreatorNatusch, Sheila Ellen, 1926-2017DescriptionThe collection includes a mock-up of Natusch's book 'Brother Wohlers', papers relating to R.H. Traill, a family history of the Traill family, historical research papers on Stewart Island, and Natusch's transcription of George Albert Hansard's journal of the voyage of the 'Acheron'. There are also letters and poems to Natusch from Janet Frame and a copy of '"Arawata Bill" a sequence of poems' by Denis Glover.History / BiographySheila Natusch was born in Invercargill on 14 February 1926 and raised on Stewart Island where her father, R.H. Traill, was the ranger for 33 years. She was educated at Southland Girls' High School and the University of Otago, where she graduated Bachelor of Arts (1948) and Master of Arts (1949).
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Map titled 'The Southern Coast In the Roaring 'Forties'