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Biography: Semple, Robert

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Len Richardson. 'Semple, Robert', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128439/related-biographies (accessed 25 June 2026).