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- 1 2 "Appointment: Joseph Chambers Crown Prosecutor". New South Wales Government Gazette (169). 30 August 1859. p. 1899. Retrieved 5 September 2020– via Trove.
- 1 2 "Writ of election: East Maitland". New South Wales Government Gazette (174). 2 September 1859. p. 1933. Retrieved 5 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Mr Joseph Chambers (1815-1884)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1859 East Maitland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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