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References
- 1 2 Australian Shipwrecks – vol1 1622–1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2, p. 66
- ↑ "Belinda | Maritime Archaeology Databases".
- ↑ The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 15 Apr 1826, p. 1
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