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- ↑ "The Darlots Creek". Portland Guardian . Victoria, Australia. 7 March 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "This creek maintains a constant flow for eel traps". ABC News. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- 1 2 "Darlot's Creek". Victorian Heritage Database Report. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ "Darlot Creek". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ "Tyrendarra". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ "Kurtonitj IPA and Budj Bim Rangers". National Indigenous Australians Agency Vic projects. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ "Kurtonitj" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ "Kurtonitj" (PDF). Australian Government. Dept of the Environment. Australian Heritage Database. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
Darlot Creek (Kallara in Dhauwurd Wurrung language) runs southwards through the property along the western edgeof the lava flow formation.
- ↑ Davey, Melissa (22 May 2019). "Budj Bim Indigenous eel trap site on verge of world heritage listing". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ Brough Smyth, Robert. "Native Names of Hills, Rivers, Lakes, and Other Natural Features in Victoria.". The Aborigines Of Victoria (PDF). p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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