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- 1 2 "Mr Thomas Henry Hall Goodwin (1848-1921)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Gunnedah". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 558. 30 August 1888. p. 6116. Retrieved 22 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1888 Gunnedah by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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