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Leithfield windmill

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Leithfield windmill

Best known as a novelist, George Chamier was also an amateur painter, and is thought to have lived at Leithfield some time between 1866 and 1868. This painting shows the windmill that was a landmark in the town. It no longer survives, but one of the main streets is named Mill Road.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-269-014

by George Chamier

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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John Wilson, Canterbury places – Amberley district, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/10176/leithfield-windmill (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 2 March 2009, updated 17 August 2015.