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- ↑ "Ben Cauchi ambrotype | NZHistory, New Zealand history online". Nzhistory.govt.nz. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Dead Time: Ben Cauchi , Hocken Exhibitions, University of Otago Library, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ↑ "Ben Cauchi – Photography – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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