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References
- ↑ "Legislative Council appointments". New South Wales Government Gazette (100). 10 May 1861. p. 1003. Retrieved 30 September 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Mr John Gough Waller". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Patricks Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1865 Canterbury by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ↑ "Marriages". The New South Wales Examiner. 14 September 1842. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald . 11 July 1903. p. 8. Retrieved 30 September 2019– via Trove.
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