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Haurongo: Milne, Mary Jane

Mary Jane Milne

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Mary Jane Milne

Dressed with the flair she showed as the head of a booming millinery and drapery business, Mary Jane Milne sat for this studio portrait around 1880. From the shop she and her sister established in 1867 grew the well-known Auckland department store of Milne and Choyce.

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Hilary F. Reid. 'Milne, Mary Jane', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38866/mary-jane-milne (accessed 5 June 2026).