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- ↑ "HIRING DEPOT, BRICKFIELDS". The Observer . Hobart, Tas: National Library of Australia. 31 October 1845. p. 1. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ↑ "VISITING JUSTICE REPORT". Colonial Times . Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 29 October 1844. p. 4. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ↑ "Brickfields Hiring Depot". Archived from the original on 6 July 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.