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- ↑ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ↑ "Appointment of Marshall Burdekin to be Secretary for Lands". New South Wales Government Gazette (4). 4 January 1866. p. 29. Retrieved 8 November 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writs of election: The Williams". New South Wales Government Gazette (11). 9 January 1866. p. 117. Retrieved 8 November 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "The Williams electorate: the nomination". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 20 January 1866. p. 4. Retrieved 8 November 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "January 1866 Williams by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ↑ "The Williams: declaration of the poll". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 27 January 1866. p. 4. Retrieved 8 November 2020– via Trove.
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