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- ↑ "Writ of election: The Williams". New South Wales Government Gazette (18). 25 January 1860. p. 169. Retrieved 22 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Nomination for The Williams". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 11 February 1860. p. 2. Retrieved 22 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Election for the Williams". The Empire . 18 February 1860. p. 7. Retrieved 22 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "The Election for the Williams". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 23 February 1860. p. 2. Retrieved 22 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1860 The Williams by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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