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- ↑ "An Australian heroine". Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 24 April 1968. p. 7. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- 1 2 Kelly, Shay Ann. "Callaghan, Emma Jane (1884–1979)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Australian National University . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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