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- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1940 Croydon by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ↑ "1940 House of Representatives election: New South Wales". Psephos, Adam Carr's election archive. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ↑ "Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens (1889–1973)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Croydon". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 114. 20 August 1940. p. 3547. Retrieved 30 August 2020– via Trove.
- 1 2 "Federal election plans". The Daily Telegraph . 17 August 1940. p. 5. Retrieved 30 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Our Firm's History". Hunt & Hunt Lawyers. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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