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- ↑ "1880 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of The Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ↑ "Mr William Forster (1818–1882)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ↑ "Mr Horace Dean (1814-1887)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ↑ "Mr Robert Burdett Smith CMG (1837-1895)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1877 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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