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Haurongo: Firth, Joseph

Wellington College masters, about 1900

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Wellington College masters, about 1900

In this photograph of Wellington College staff, science teacher and gifted astronomer Algernon Charles Gifford is seated second from left, and headmaster Joseph Firth ('the Boss') is seated third from left.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Miss C. Heine Collection (PAColl-2232)

Reference: PAColl-2232-01

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

A. W. Beasley. 'Firth, Joseph', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/196/wellington-college-masters-about-1900 (accessed 4 June 2026).