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- ↑ "Legislative Assembly: Mr Clark Irving". The Empire . 25 June 1863. p. 3. Retrieved 8 October 2019– via Trove.
"Legislative Assembly: Representation of The Clarence". The Sydney Morning Herald . 27 June 1863. p. 4. Retrieved 8 October 2019– via Trove. - ↑ Daley, Louise T. "Irving, Clark (1808–1865)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 19 April 2019– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ "Writ of election: The Clarence". New South Wales Government Gazette (125). 1 July 1863. p. 1441. Retrieved 8 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1863 The Clarence by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ↑ "Mr Clark Irving". Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser . 24 November 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 8 October 2019– via Trove.
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