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Biography: Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von

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N. A. C. McMillan. 'Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated March 2006. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128957/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).