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- ↑ "Newtwon election: the nomination". The Sydney Morning Herald . 11 July 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 10 November 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Geeves, Philip. "Holt, Thomas (1811–1888)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 19 January 2016– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Index to Candidates: Ho to Hoyle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Index to Candidates: Britz to Burnett". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Newtown". New South Wales Government Gazette (159). 1 July 1861. p. 1410. Retrieved 16 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1861 Newtown by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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