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Kōrero: Southland places

Edendale dairy factory, 1895

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Edendale dairy factory, 1895

The Edendale dairy factory was the first in the country. It had been operating for 13 years at the time of this photograph. The factory cost £1,200, but the company recouped £500 when it won a government bonus offered for the first export of New Zealand cheese.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Making New Zealand Centennial Collection (PAColl-3060)

Reference: 1/4 -MNZ-607; F

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

David Grant, Southland places – Eastern Southland, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20179/edendale-dairy-factory-1895 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Grant, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.

Comments

David Saxelby
16 November 2021
Is this the saxelby factory at woodlands?