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Biography: Gorst, John Eldon

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M. P. K. Sorrenson. 'Gorst, John Eldon', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/126876/related-biographies (accessed 24 June 2026).