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- ↑ "The Honourable Sir John Robertson summoned to the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 406. 21 December 1878. p. 5113. Retrieved 10 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Nairn, Bede. "Robertson, Sir John (1816–1891)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 10 October 2019– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Mudgee". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 391. New South Wales, Australia. 14 December 1878. p. 4987. Retrieved 10 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Mr Richard Rouse (1842-1903)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1876 Mudgee by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1877 Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ "Mr David Buchanan (1823-1890)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1877 Goldfields West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1879 results Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ "The Committee of Elections and Qualifications". The Sydney Morning Herald . 21 March 1879. p. 5. Retrieved 10 October 2019– via Trove.
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