Electoral District Of Williams (New South Wales)
Williams was a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 in the northern part of the Hunter Valley and named after the Williams River. In 1880, it was replaced by Durham and Gloucester.
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