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- ↑ "2015 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships". Surf Life Saving New South Wales. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ↑ "Aussies 2012 – Surf Life Saving" . Retrieved 15 February 2012.
