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References
- ↑ "Swamping the Legislative Council". The Sydney Morning Herald . 19 June 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 8 April 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette (100). 10 May 1861. p. 1003. Retrieved 8 April 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Mr John Dawson". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2019.
