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Belford Steam Flour Mill

This painting, by Fanny Wright Brunton in the late 1870s, shows the Timaru harbour and town. The largest building on the waterfront is believed to be the Belford Steam Flour Mill.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-014-009

by Fanny Wright Brunton

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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Jane Tolerton, Agricultural processing industries – Grain processing from the 1880s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/25180/belford-steam-flour-mill (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jane Tolerton, published 6 April 2010.