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References
- ↑ "Grand cricket match: Tasmania v Victoria". Launceston Examiner . 19 February 1851. p. 5. Retrieved 7 February 2023– via Trove.
- ↑ "Cricket match: Tasmania against Victoria". Launceston Examiner . 27 February 1858. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2023– via Trove.
- ↑ "Ringwood election". Launceston Examiner . 4 October 1866. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2023– via Trove.
- ↑ "George Gibson". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania . Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ "Ringwood election". Launceston Examiner . 5 June 1869. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2023– via Trove.
- 1 2 "The late George Gibson esq". The Mercury . 11 October 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2023– via Trove.
