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- ↑ Eldershaw, P. R. "Burnett, John (1781–1860)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ Roe, Margriet. "Boyes, George Thomas (1787–1853)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
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