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- ↑ "Sir Arthur Renwick, MD, FRCS (1837-1908)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ↑ "Appointment Jennings ministry". New South Wales Government Gazette (125). 26 February 1886. p. 1427. Retrieved 4 March 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Redfern". New South Wales Government Gazette (134). 3 March 1886. p. 1532. Retrieved 4 March 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Redfern: The minister for Public Instruction opposed". The Sydney Morning Herald . 8 March 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 4 March 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1886 Redfern by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ "Redfern: return of the Minister for Public Instruction". The Sydney Morning Herald . 10 March 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 4 March 2021– via Trove.
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