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- ↑ "In bankruptcy: re John Hurley". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 372. 11 July 1890. p. 5378. Retrieved 28 April 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Hartley". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 356. 4 July 1890. p. 5203. Retrieved 24 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1890 Hartley by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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