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- ↑ Green, Antony. "NSW by-election background". ABC elections. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Riverstone". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 133. 23 September 1983. p. 4441. Retrieved 17 March 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1983 Riverstone by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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