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- ↑ "Barambah - 1998 - Election Archive". ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ↑ Queensland Legislative Assembly (6 March 1990). Details of polling at general election held on 2 December 1989. p. 70.