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- ↑ Legislative Council (50 Vict. No. 10), Western Australian Numbered Acts, AustLII. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ↑ The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine , p. 370.