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- 1 2 "Mrs Mary Meillon". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ↑ "1980 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1980 Murray by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Murray". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 111. 11 August 1980. p. 4153. Retrieved 17 March 2021– via Trove.
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