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- ↑ Society To Aid Aborigines, Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive - Nov 9, 1966
- ↑ $15,000 Cheque Handed Over: Gift For Aborigines, Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive, Jan 26, 1970
- ↑ Roger Coombs, Time to bridge equality gap, The Daily Telegraph, March 20, 2007
- ↑ House Of Representatives: Grievance Debate - Charlton Electorate: Kirinari Hostel - Speech, Monday, 20 September 1999
