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Biography: Shelley, James

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Ian Carter. 'Shelley, James', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128463/related-biographies (accessed 11 July 2026).