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- 1 2 Martin, A W. "Parkes, Sir Henry (1815–96)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 29 January 2019– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ "Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Kiama". New South Wales Government Gazette (254). 20 October 1870. p. 2286. Retrieved 22 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1870 Kiama by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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