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- ↑ "Writ of election: Macleay". New South Wales Government Gazette (303). 8 May 1893. p. 3579. Retrieved 10 October 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "The Macleay nomination". The Sydney Morning Herald . 23 May 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1893 Macleay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1891 Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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