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- ↑ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ "Francis Henry Walsh". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia . Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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