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- 1 2 "Mr Captain Merion Marshall Moriarty (1794 - 1864)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Braidwood". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 11. 14 January 1864. p. 101. Retrieved 18 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1864 Braidwood by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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