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- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of The Darling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 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 Charles Meehan (1864–1930)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 The Darling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 The Darling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Darling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ↑ "The new electorates: where and what they are". Evening News . 26 March 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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