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- 1 2 "Mr William Davies (2) (1883-1956)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Wollongong-Kembla". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 111. 17 January 1950. p. 162. Retrieved 24 March 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1950 Wollongong-Kembla by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 March 2021.
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