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- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". South Australian Register . Adelaide. 6 July 1839. p. 3. Retrieved 7 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Weekly Report of Vessels in the Harbour". South Australian Register . Adelaide. 1 February 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 7 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". South Australian Register . Adelaide. 11 September 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 7 April 2015– via National Library of Australia.
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