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Flax milling

Flax milling

Flax was harvested and milled throughout southern Southland in the early 1900s. These workers are at Ōtatara, west of Invercargill.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-027129; F
Photograph by Will Cameron

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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David Grant. 'Southland places', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/southland-places/2/2