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References
- ↑ Australian Shipwrecks - vol 1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p45
- 1 2 "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 2 April 1809.
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