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- 1 2 "Mr James Hoskins (1823-1900)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ↑ Morey, G. C. "Hoskins, James (1823–1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 1 January 2014– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Goldfields North". New South Wales Government Gazette (39). 2 March 1863. p. 569. Retrieved 15 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1863 Goldfields North by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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