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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Find & Connect Web Resource Project, The University of Melbourne and Australian Catholic University. "Aborigines Act 1969 - Legislation - Find & Connect - New South Wales". www.findandconnect.gov.au. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ↑ "CHILD WELFARE and SOCIAL WELFARE". Western Herald . New South Wales, Australia. 4 July 1969. p. 8. Retrieved 11 April 2020– via Trove.