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- 1 2 "Sir George Richard Dibbs (1834–1904)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ↑ "Examinations re Sir George Dibbs". The Sydney Morning Herald . 21 September 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "In Bankruptcy: re George R Dibbs". New South Wales Government Gazette (213). 30 March 1893. p. 2632. Retrieved 28 April 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Murrumbidgee". New South Wales Government Gazette (201). 25 March 1893. p. 2509. Retrieved 28 April 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1893 Murrumbidgee by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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