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- 1 2 "Chronology of Adam Lindsay Gordon's Life". Border Watch . 5 May 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 1 February 2025– via Trove.
- ↑ "Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes by Adam Lindsay Gordon". Austlit . Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ↑ "Review". The Argus . 28 June 1870. p. 6. Retrieved 1 February 2025– via Trove.
- ↑ "Original Review". Evening Journal . 3 October 1870. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2025– via Trove.