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- 1 2 3 4 "Sir John Robertson (1816–1891)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- 1 2 "Legislative Assembly". The Sydney Morning Herald . 27 March 1861. p. 5. Retrieved 28 November 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Nairn, Bede. "Robertson, Sir John (1816–1891)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 10 October 2019– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette (139). 27 May 1861. p. 1193. Retrieved 16 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1861 Upper Hunter by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ↑ "Crown Lands Alienation Act of 1861" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. 18 October 1861. Retrieved 28 August 2016– via AustLII.
- ↑ "Crown Lands Occupation Act of 1861" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. 18 October 1861. Retrieved 28 August 2016– via AustLII.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1862 Shoalhaven by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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