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Vegemite

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Vegemite

Another icon is the yeast spread Vegemite or Marmite, although in fact Vegemite originated in Australia.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1994/3336/29

by Ross Giblin

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

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How to cite this page

Jock Phillips, The New Zealanders – Bicultural New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3977/vegemite (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.