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Haurongo: Seifert, Alfred

Alfred outside Miranui

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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Jane Pollard

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

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Judy Malone. 'Seifert, Alfred', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996, whakahou November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38875/alfred-outside-miranui (accessed 4 June 2026).