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Biography: Potts, Thomas Henry

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Acland, L. G. D. The early Canterbury runs. 4th ed. Christchurch, 1975

Cresswell, F. Old homes, Lyttelton harbour. Christchurch, 1955

Scotter, W. H. Ashburton. Ashburton, 1972

Star, P. 'T. H. Potts and the origins of conservation in New Zealand (1850–1890)'. MA thesis, Otago, 1991

Star, P. Thomas Potts of Canterbury: colonist and conservationist. Dunedin, 2020 

Young, D. Our islands, our selves: a history of conservation in New Zealand. Dunedin, 2004

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Paul Star. 'Potts, Thomas Henry', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993, updated November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128153/sources (accessed 24 June 2026).