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- 1 2 "Sir Alexander Stuart (1824–1886)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ↑ Nairn, Bede; Rutledge, Martha. "Stuart, Sir Alexander (1824–1886)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 9 September 2020– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ "Writ of election: East Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette (416). 26 November 1879. p. 5253. Retrieved 9 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "August 1879 East Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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