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- ↑ "Writ of election: The Hawkesbury". New South Wales Government Gazette (519). 18 July 1892. p. 5761. Retrieved 20 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1892 The Hawkesbury by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- Green, Antony. "1891 Hawkesbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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