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- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of East Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ↑ "Mr John Marks (1827-1885)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ↑ "Mr Henry Osborne (1808 - 1859)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ↑ "Mr Robert Owen (1799-1878)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ↑ "Mr John Fletcher Hargrave, QC (1815-1885)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1859 East Camden by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1858 Camden East". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Eastern Division of Camden". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 38. 8 March 1859. p. 542. Retrieved 19 June 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1856 Eastern Division of Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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