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- The creation of this article was via translation from the relevant section of the Nyungar Wikipedia article Karla (Fire)
- ↑ Kelly, G., 1998. Karla Wongi Fire Talk: A Noongar Perspective on Forest Burning. Landscope, 14(2), pp. 9-13.
- ↑ Whitehurst, R. (1997). "Noongar Dictionary" (PDF) (2nd ed.). Noongar Language and Culture Centre.
- ↑ Abbott, Ian (2002), Historical records of Noongar fires, 1658-1888 : a compendium, Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, retrieved 12 April 2019
- ↑ Ward, David (September 2004), "Blackboys tell an interesting story", Institute of Public Affairs Review: A Quarterly Review of Politics and Public Affairs, the, 56 (3): 23–24, ISSN 1329-8100