Biography: Seifert, Alfred

Alfred outside Miranui

This photograph of Miranui (the big mill) at Shannon shows Alfred Seifert (centre), near racks of drying flax fibre. Miranui operated day and night and employed 200 men. Seifert was the driving force behind the enterprise, designing the mill and taking a close interest in it.

Using this item

Jane Pollard

Reference: Jane Pollard, A mingled yarn: the Seifert family and flaxmilling in New Zealand. Bowral: J. Pollard, 2004, p. 82

How to cite this page

Judy Malone. 'Seifert, Alfred', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996, updated November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38875/alfred-outside-miranui (accessed 4 June 2026).