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- ↑ Solomon Encyclopedia — Alufurai, Leonard (Accessed 4 September 2016)
- ↑ List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) p. 16. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
- ↑ Small publications, p. 20. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
- ↑ Order of service for the consecration & installation of the Reverend Dr. Terry Michael Brown as the 4th Bishop of Malaita at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Fiu, Malaita on the Day of Pentecost, Sunday, 26 May, 1996, 7.30 a.m. Church of Melanesia. 1996.
- ↑ Small publications, p. 33. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
- ↑ Anglican Communion News Service, 1 July 2005 — New Assistant Bishop for Diocese of Malaita (Accessed 18 February 2020)
- ↑ Anglican Church of Melanesian — ACOM Consecrates Maomaoru as Assistant Bishop of Malaita Archived 2020-10-21 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 18 February 2020)