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- 1 2 "Mr Varney Parkes (1859-1935)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Central Cumberland". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 143. 2 March 1888. p. 1625. Retrieved 25 August 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "March 1888 Central Cumberland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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