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- 1 2 "Mr Frederick Augustus Cooper (1834-1908)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Braidwood". New South Wales Government Gazette (132). 19 July 1860. p. 1364. Retrieved 18 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1860 Braidwood by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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