The Mosgiel Woollen Mill is situated in

Mosgiel Mosgiel (Māori: ''Te Konika o te Matamata'') is an urban satellite of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, fifteen kilometres west of the city's centre. Since the re-organisation of New Zealand local government in 1989 it has been inside the Dunedin ...

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

, New Zealand, and was opened in 1871. The Mosgiel Woollen Mill was the second woollen mill to open in New Zealand. The mill was integral to the town and a significant employer from when it opened until the end of the 20th century when it closed.

Frank W. Boreham Frank William Boreham OBE (3 March 1871, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England – 18 May 1959, Melbourne, Victoria) was a Baptist preacher best known in New Zealand, Australia, and England. Life and career Boreham's birth coincided with the end of the ...

described the mill in his 1916 book ''Faces in the Fire'':

Notable people

Elizabeth Turnbull Elizabeth Turnbull (2 May 1885 – 4 June 1988) was a New Zealand woollen mill worker and centenarian. She was the head of her section in the hosier department at Mosgiel Woollen Mill. Early life and education Turnbull was born in Mosgiel ...

(1885–1988) – head of her section in the hosier department of the mill

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Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in Otago Buildings and structures completed in 1871 1870s architecture in New Zealand Woollen mills {{NewZealand-struct-stub