Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. Alfred Goldsbury, Master in charge of the Maxwelltown Public School, was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, in 1849, and came to Auckland per ship “Ben Nevis” in 1879. He commenced teaching at Waiuku, in the Kariotahi District, where he remained for seven years. Afterwards he took charge of the Hiwinui District School for two years, under the Wanganui Education Board, and in 1892 was removed to Maxwelltown, where he also acts as postmaster. Mr. Goldsbury is married to a daughter of the late Mr. Alfred Lambert, of Ipswich, and has three daughters and five sons.