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- ↑ "Mr Robert McIntosh Isaacs (1814-1876)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1865 to 1869 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Index to Candidates: Robertson to Ryrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ↑ "Appointment of ministers". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 21. New South Wales, Australia. 22 January 1866. p. 225. Retrieved 12 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writs of election: Yass Plains". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 24. 24 January 1866. p. 246. Retrieved 12 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Election for Yass Plains". The Empire . 9 February 1866. p. 3. Retrieved 12 June 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1866 Yass Plains by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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