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Haurongo: Bowen, George Ferguson

George Ferguson Bowen and his wife, Diamantina

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George Ferguson Bowen and his wife, Diamantina

In 1873, following his term as governor of New Zealand, Sir George Bowen took up the governorship of Victoria. A Melbourne newspaper published an engraved portrait of him and his wife, Diamantina, in April that year.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0083-1873-001

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

W. P. N. Tyler. 'Bowen, George Ferguson', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou March 2015. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/263/george-ferguson-bowen-and-his-wife-diamantina (accessed 4 June 2026).