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Stephanie Dale. 'Stewart, William Downie', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996, updated September 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128588/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).