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- 1 2 "Mr William Walter Davis (1840-1923)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- 1 2 "In bankruptcy: re W W Davis and C R Green of Bourke". New South Wales Government Gazette (836). 31 August 1900. p. 6795. Retrieved 15 April 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "The Bourke electorate". Western Herald . 5 September 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Bourke". New South Wales Government Gazette (833). 29 August 1900. p. 6749. Retrieved 15 April 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1900 Bourke by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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