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|volume=has extra text (help) - ↑ "Mr John Nobbs (1845–1921)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Central Cumberland". New South Wales Government Gazette (278). 27 April 1893. p. 3361. Retrieved 26 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Central Cumberland election". Evening News . 28 April 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1893 Central Cumberland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1891 Central Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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