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- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1898 Parramatta by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ↑ "Government Gazette Notices". New South Wales Government Gazette (784). 6 September 1898. p. 7155. Retrieved 11 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "The Parramatta election petition: the election declared void". The Sydney Morning Herald . 19 October 1898. p. 7. Retrieved 11 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Parramatta". New South Wales Government Gazette (913). 19 October 1898. p. 8365. Retrieved 11 September 2020– via Trove.
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