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- 1 2 "Koori Action Research". www.aral.com.au. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2014" (PDF). Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2020.
