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- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1898 Hastings and Macleay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- 1 2 "Mr Francis Clarke (1857-1939)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 791. 8 September 1898. p. 7197. Retrieved 25 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Royal Commission of Inquiry into certain allegations concerning the conduct of the Honourable James Henry Young, Secretary for Public Works, during the recent Election for the Hastings and the Macleay Electorate, and into the circumstances and proceedings". State Records. Government of New South Wales. 15 December 1898. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ↑ "The Hastings-Macleay election". The Sydney Morning Herald . 15 December 1898. p. 7. Retrieved 5 July 2021– via Trove.
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