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- ↑ "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 to 2009" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ↑ "The Candidates". South Australian Register . Adelaide, S.A.: National Library of Australia. 31 October 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 29 November 2013.