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References
- 1 2 "Poll for Coogee 'absolutely void'". The Canberra Times . 24 May 1974. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Re the election for Coogee". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (2). 4 January 1974. p. 51. Retrieved 17 March 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Coogee". New South Wales Government Gazette (72). 21 June 1974. p. 2200. Retrieved 18 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1974 Coogee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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