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- ↑ Peter FitzSimons, Burke and Wills (Hachette Australia) page 282.
- ↑ Portrait of Dick, 21 December 1860.
- ↑ Ian Clark, Fred Cahir, The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills: Forgotten Narratives (CSIRO Publishing, 2013) page 7.
- ↑ Ian Clark, Fred Cahir, The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills: Forgotten Narratives (CSIRO Publishing, 2013) page 70.
- ↑ Hermann Beckler, edited by Stephen Jefferies, A Journey To Cooper's Creek (Carlton, Vic., Melbourne University Press, 1993).
- ↑ Peter FitzSimons, Burke and Wills (Hachette Australia )
- ↑ Ian Clark, Fred Cahir, The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills: Forgotten Narratives (CSIRO Publishing, 2013) page 7.
- ↑ Dig, the Burke and Wills Research Gateway.
- ↑ Ian Clark, Fred Cahir, The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills: Forgotten Narratives (CSIRO Publishing, 2013) page 107.
- ↑ Telegrams and Chequebook The Burke and wills Research Gateway.