Charles Goldsboro finished his medical degree at Sydney University in 1868 and returned to Auckland, where his son George was born in 1870.
Goldsbro’ worked in Sydney and Melbourne under Sulman & Power, Howard Joseland and Theo Kemnis.
Goldsbro’ was the Hon Architect to the Anglican Diocese and designed the chapel of St Saviour's Papatoetoe; the Presbyterian church in Uxbridge Road, Howick; St Luke's in Russell Road Manurewa, St George's Parish Hall Papatoetoe; the Orphans’ Home Papatoetoe and the Paterson wing at St. John's College.
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.