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- ↑ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ↑ "General News". The Queenslander . 4 August 1883. p. 25. Retrieved 18 January 2014– via National Library of Australia.
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