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- ↑ Hon Billy Snedden, Speaker (24 February 1981). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. p. 1.
- 1 2 "The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives". Australian Government Gazette . No. S 13. 27 January 1981. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- 1 2 Australian Electoral Office (1983). Commonwealth By-Elections 1901–82. Australian Government Publishing Service. pp. 166–167, 187. ISBN 0-644-02369-4.
- ↑ Hon Billy Snedden, Speaker (4 March 1981). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. p. 403.
- ↑ Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) (2010). The High Commissioners: Australia's Representatives in the United Kingdom, 1910–2010 (PDF). Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. p. 239. ISBN 978-1-92161-211-4.
- ↑ "By-Elections 1980-1983". Psephos. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2012.