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- ↑ Hickin, R (1968). An Abundance of Rain: The Story of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Australia, 1817-1967. London: British and Foreign Bible Society, London. p. 8.
- ↑ "Greg Clarke to head new national Bible Society".