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- ↑ Seccombe, Mike (20 November 2004). "Spoiling the party". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 32.
- ↑ Silmalis, Linda (21 November 2004). "Dubbo failure for Nats". The Sunday Telegraph . p. 17.
- ↑ Barry, Colin (1 February 2005). Legislative Assembly District of Dubbo : by-election : 20 November 2004. New South Wales Electoral Commission.
- ↑ "Post Election Night – 2007 State Election Results – State Electoral District of Dubbo". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
- ↑ "Mrs Dawn Elizabeth Fardell (1947- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ↑ Huntsdale, Justin (26 March 2011). "Nationals win Dubbo in state wide Coalition landslide". ABC News . Retrieved 3 April 2011.
