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- ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182 . Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ↑ "Ballarat". Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer. 12 November 1855. p. 2.
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