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Haurongo: Alley, Geoffrey Thomas

Geoffrey Alley before the 1928 All Black tour of South Africa

Geoffrey Alley before the 1928 All Black tour of South Africa

Geoffrey Alley, All Black lock forward in the 1926 tour of Australia and the 1928 tour of South Africa, later became an adult educator and New Zealand's first national librarian.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Crown Studios Collection

Reference: F-030770-1/1

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. J. McEldowney. 'Alley, Geoffrey Thomas', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/33/geoffrey-alley-before-the-1928-all-black-tour-of-south-africa (accessed 4 June 2026).