Background
Charles Goldsboro finished his medical degree at Sydney University in 1868 and returned to Auckland, where his son George was born in 1870.
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George Selwyn
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George studied under R. Mackay Fripp from 1884 to 1888.
Career
Fripp had arrived in Auckland in 1881, opened an architectural office and later became the secretary of the Auckland Society of Arts, where he introduced architecture classes and competitions. In 1888 Fripp left for Canada and Goldsbro’ for Australia. Goldsbro’ worked in Sydney and Melbourne under Sulman & Power, Howard Joseland and Theo Kemnis.
In 1896 Fripp joined Goldsbro" in partnership in Auckland but left again in 1898 for Canada.
In 1909 the firm designed the main building of Auckland Girls Grammar School. This was the first architectural firm with a strong Arts and Crafts influence to initiate the shingle and tile movement in Auckland.
The practice also trained several important Auckland architects, such as Gerald Jones and Frederick Browne.
