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- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1883 results Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ Rutledge, Martha. "Taylor, Adolphus George (1857 – 1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 1 May 2019– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Mudgee". New South Wales Government Gazette (68). 22 February 1883. p. 1007. Retrieved 10 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1883 results Upper Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ "Upper Hunter nomination". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate . 5 March 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2019– via Trove.
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