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These canvas and wood huts with corrugated iron chimneys were probably the living quarters of unmarried ‘flaxies’ employed at one of the mills in the Tokomaru area. Accommodation like this was typical of the flax milling industry until about 1907-1914, when the establishment of large permanent flaxmills and the efforts of the flax-workers union led to an improvement in accommodation and facilities.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
circa 1910 to circa 1912
Digitisation ID
2007G_Fx56_FLA_0631
Held In
Coolstore

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'Miranui' Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon
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Cartloads of dried fibre in paddocks, Foxton
Paddockers laying down flax to dry, Foxton
Barry Huff cutting flax, Moutoa Estate
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