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Roslyn mills

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Roslyn mills

Ross and Glendining’s Roslyn Worsted and Woollen Mills began operations in 1879. It was one of a number of mills in Dunedin’s Kaikorai valley. The firm also had shops, warehouses and clothing factories.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Steffano Webb Collection (PAColl-3061)

Reference: 1/1-009178; G

by Steffano Francis Webb

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Jane Tolerton, Agricultural processing industries – Wool processing in the 19th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25162/roslyn-mills (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jane Tolerton, published 6 April 2010.