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- ↑ "Mr William Timothy Cape (1806-1863)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Wollombi". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 73. 17 April 1860. p. 752. Retrieved 22 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Nomination for St Leonard's". The Sydney Morning Herald . 1 May 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 22 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "St Leonard's election: declaration of the poll". The Empire . 8 May 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "St Leonard's election: declaration of the poll". The Sydney Morning Herald . 23 February 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 8 May 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1860 Wollombi by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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