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Biography: Cresswell, Walter D'Arcy

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W. S. Broughton. 'Cresswell, Walter D'Arcy', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/126493/related-biographies (accessed 25 June 2026).