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- 1 2 "Mr Isidore John Blake (1812-1882)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 174. 18 July 1861. p. 1540. Retrieved 16 February 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Election for the Hunter". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 1 August 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 15 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "The Hunter election". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 8 August 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 15 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1861 Hunter by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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