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- ↑ Carolyn Webb, 'Archaeologists dig major new find at Pentridge Prison', the Age 11 May 2014
- ↑ "Inside History magazine blog, Posted by Boyhistory - 15 March 2013 - Feature stories". Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
