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- ↑ Hosking, P.; Universal Publicity Company (1936), The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936, Universal Publicity Company, p. 682, retrieved 21 July 2017
- 1 2 Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1934: SECTION 48—NAME OF 'THE CITY OF HAPPY VALLEY' ASSIGNED TO CORPORATE TOWN OF MEADOWS" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (48 ed.). 1983: 1277. 3 November 1983. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- Paul B. Stark, B.Arch. (July 1983). "Meadows Heritage" (PDF). District Council of Meadows. pp. 155–200. ISBN 0 9591205 0 5 . Retrieved 30 October 2018– via Environment SA.
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