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- ↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS". Illawarra Mercury . Vol. 90, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1944. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Local Government Act (104)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . 12 September 1947. p. 2120. Retrieved 30 January 2020– via National Library of Australia.
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