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- 1 2 "Sir Saul Samuel (1820-1900)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ↑ "Writ of election: East Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette (157). 5 June 1872. p. 1455. Retrieved 7 September 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1872 East Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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