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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 John Harris, Australian Aboriginal and Islander mathematics Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine , Australian Aboriginal Studies, 1987.
- ↑ William B. McGregor, (2013). Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia, Routledge. ISBN 9781134396023
- ↑ Stephanie Fryer-Smith, (2002). Aboriginal Benchbook for Western Australian courts Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine , Australian Institute of Judicial Administration Incorporated. ISBN 1875527427
- ↑ 'Yorta Yorta Language Heritage Dictionary', Heather Bowe, Lois Peeler, Sharon Atkinson, copyright 1997, Hawker Brownlow Education, 2005.