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- ↑ "BAROSSA BY-ELECTION". The Register (Adelaide) . Vol. LXXXIX, no. 26, 147. South Australia. 15 October 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 27 January 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.