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Stacking linen flax

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Stacking linen flax

During the Second World War, a linen flax industry was established in Geraldine to provide fabric for clothing. This woman is stacking flax ready for processing, in 1943.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)

Reference: 1/2-000956; F

by John Dobrée Pascoe

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John Wilson, South Canterbury region – Industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11409/stacking-linen-flax (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.