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- 1 2 "Sir Charles Benjamin Cutler (1918–2006)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Orange". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 7. 14 January 1976. p. 179. Retrieved 15 November 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1976 Orange by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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