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- ↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919—PROCLAMATION". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 1956-11-30. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ "COFFS HARBOUR SHIRE COUNCIL.—PROPOSED ROAD - Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001) - 9 Nov 1979". Trove. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ "Coffs Harbour Shire Interim Development Control Map". Coffs Collections. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ "2107.0 - 1961 Census - Bulletin No 2 - Population and Dwellings in Local Government Areas" (PDF).
- ↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1919—PROCLAMATION". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 1987-05-01. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ "MUNICIPALITY OR SHIRE FOR COFFS HARBOUR?". Coffs Harbour Advocate. 1949-06-28. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ↑ "Sawtell-Coffs Harbour Merger - Coffs Harbour Advocate (NSW : 1907 - 1942; 1946 - 1954) - 3 Dec 1954". Trove. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
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