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- ↑ "QUEENSLAND IS TREATED AS A CINDERELLA STATE". The Canberra Times . 4 February 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 9 April 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "THE CINDERELLA STATE". The Sydney Morning Herald . 17 July 1931. p. 1-. Retrieved 29 October 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Victoria becomes 'Cinderella State'". The Age . Victoria. 9 April 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 29 October 2013– via Google News.
- ↑ "Hauling the Cinderella state back into the race". The Australian . Australia. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
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