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- ↑ Brennan, Frank (1978), The Australian Commonwealth Shipping Line, Roebuck Society, ISBN 978-0-909434-11-3
- ↑ AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT LINE of STEAMERS, Flotilla Australia.
- ↑ Fitzhardinge, pp. 556–557