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- ↑ "Candidates for the district of Mudgee". The Empire . 25 August 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2019– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1873 results Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ O'Brien, Antony & O'Brien, Gregory (2005). Shenanigans on the Ovens Goldfields: the 1859 election. Artillery Publishing. ISBN 9780975801307.