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- ↑ "Family Notices". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (2, 230). Queensland, Australia. 12 July 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 26 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
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- ↑ "THIS GENERAL ELECTIONS". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (6, 413). Queensland, Australia. 1 May 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "THE MARYBOROUGH ELECTION". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (9, 149). Queensland, Australia. 12 March 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 26 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "THE MARYBOROUGH ELECTION". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (10, 719). Queensland, Australia. 20 May 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.