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- ↑ Crown Lands Alienation Act of 1861 (NSW) and Crown Lands Occupation Act of 1861 (NSW)
- ↑ Grants for Public Worship Prohibition Act of 1862 (NSW)
- ↑ Windeyer, W C (23 December 1862). "To the electors of West Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 1. Retrieved 8 November 2020– via National Library of Australia.
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- ↑ Green, Antony. "October 1863 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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