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- ↑ "ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . Vol. XLV, no. 6211. New South Wales, Australia. 18 February 1888. p. 6 (Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury). Retrieved 12 December 2018– via National Library of Australia.
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- ↑ "SINGLETON RACING CLUB". The Maitland Daily Mercury . No. 15, 793. New South Wales, Australia. 9 November 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 12 December 2018– via National Library of Australia.
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