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- 1 2 "Mr Stanislaus Wyatt (1894-1964)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Lakemba". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (102). 26 August 1964. p. 2705. Retrieved 23 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1964 Lakemba by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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