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- ↑ The Inquirer and Commercial News, 21 February 1872, p.1.
- ↑ Perth Gazette and West Australian Times, 1 March 1872, p.3.
- 1 2 Duperouzel, William Thomas, Sunset Over Mount Douraking p1 ISBN 978-0-9544314-2-6 published 15 June 2019 https://duperouzel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Milletts_Book.pdf
- ↑ The Examiner, London, 17 February 1872, p.185 (top half).
- ↑ "History & Heritage". The York Societ. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ↑ Rob Garton Smith (January 2022). "Index to An Australian Parsonage by Janet Millett" (PDF). The York Society.