Various sources: Biography & memorial from Mike Young, October 2003 (2003-04/08); web biography via Development Office, April 2004 (2003-04/18); Lichfield Mercury and other articles from Lichfield Library, April 2005; Report from Lichfield Mercury sent by Alan Lofts, Lichfield Library, (2004-05/35); Biography from Online1966 Encyclopedia of New Zealand; biographical papers from St John's College (Where Selwyn was an undergraduate)