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Biography: Selwyn, George Augustus

Bishop George Augustus Selwyn (left) and his friend William Martin, the former chief justice of New Zealand, photographed in the early 1860s

A photograph of two men under a tree, one standing and one seated

Bishop George Augustus Selwyn (left) and his close friend William Martin, the former chief justice of New Zealand, photographed in the early 1860s

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Photograph by Hartley Webster

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Warren E. Limbrick. 'Selwyn, George Augustus', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/723/bishop-george-augustus-selwyn-left-and-his-close-friend-william-martin-the-former (accessed 4 June 2026).