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- 1 2 3 Wonder World! television interview by Tony Johnston recorded 21 June 1994 and broadcast in July 1994.
- ↑ "Out among the People". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 24 January 1936. p. 25. Retrieved 27 July 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Passenger list, Pestonjee Bomanjee 1838 Archived 7 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "The Country". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 18 February 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 27 July 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Blue boiler peas" are whole dried green field peas, not carlin peas, maple peas or black peas, as are used for "mushy peas" in England.