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- ↑ Smith, Wayne (9 January 2013). "Collar bomb dad Bill Pulver named new rugby boss". The Australian. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "CONGRATULATIONS BILL PULVER (77 OLD BOY) | Shore Old Boys' Union". Shoreoldboys.org.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ↑ "Board of Trustees - Sydney Church of England Grammar School". Shore.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ↑ Tabakoff, Nick (5 August 2011). "William Pulver a local boy who made it big". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ↑ Budd, Henry (16 August 2011). "The latest developments in the Madeleine Pulver collar bomb hoax case". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2013.