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Biography: Bowen, George Ferguson

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W. P. N. Tyler. 'Bowen, George Ferguson', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated March 2015. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/126183/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).