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- ↑ "AU WA A60 - Crown Lands and Surveys Department". State Records Office of WA. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ↑ "AU WA A42 - Department of Lands and Surveys". State Records Office of WA. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ↑ "Our story - Landgate". Landgate . Retrieved 11 May 2018.
