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- ↑ "Library services" (PDF). The Atoll. April 2020.
- ↑ "COMMUNITY GROUPS - Cocos Keeling Islands Community Resource Centre". 2021-11-29. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ↑ Appendix B: Public Hearings (Government of Australia) - 2015.