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- 1 2 "Mr Robert Adam Ritchie (1836-1891)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Central Cumberland". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 543. 20 August 1891. p. 6463. Retrieved 26 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1891 Central Cumberland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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