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- ↑ "Fullback drops clincher". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 1981.
- ↑ "Wests find a fullback in Dorahy mould". The Canberra Times . 30 January 1985. p. 35 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "NSW Election meet the candidates for Campbelltown". The Daily Telegraph . 23 March 2015.