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- 1 2 "Mr George Robert Nichols (1809–1857)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Northumberland Boroughs". New South Wales Government Gazette (156). 23 October 1857. p. 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1856 Northumberland Boroughs re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1857 Northumberland Boroughs by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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