Lays of the land of the Maori and the moa, 1884 t.p. (Thomas Bracken)
Dict. of N.Z. biog. V. 2, 1993 p. 52-53 (Bracken, Thomas, 1843-1898. Poet, journalist, politician ... Bracken's ... most important literary achievement ... was his poem 'God defend New Zealand' ... given equal status with 'God save the Queen' as a national anthem ... 1977)
NZ database, Oct. 29, 2001 (hdg.: Bracken, Thomas, 1843-1898; usage: Thomas Bracken, Tom Bracken, Paddy Murphy, Didymus)
Hear our voices, we entreat, 2004 p. 32 (Registration of Bracken's baptism surfaced in Ireland for the first time in 2002 and a copy is now held in the Alexander Turnbull Library. It shows that he was born in 1841 in Clonee, County Meath)
Photocopy of birth and baptismal certificate held in Alexander Turnbull Library (Thomas Bracken was born on 30th day of Dec. 1841)
Not understood, c1914 cover (Thomas Baxter Bracken)