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Biography: Ormsby, John

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M. J. Ormsby. 'Ormsby, John', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993, updated November 2001. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/127964/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).