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- 1 2 3 "Mr John Hubert Plunkett, QC (1802-1869)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Bathurst County". New South Wales Government Gazette (83). 3 June 1856. p. 1583. Retrieved 15 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1856 Bathurst County by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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