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Biography: Read, George Edward

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Philip Whyte. 'Read, George Edward', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128229/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).