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- ↑ "New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime" (1). 5 March 1862. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2019– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "NRS-10958 Police Gazette". NSW State Archives and Records. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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- ↑ "New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime" (53). New South Wales, Australia. 31 December 1930. p. 967. Retrieved 17 October 2019– via National Library of Australia.