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- ↑ Anglican Church of Melanesia — Diocese of Malaita Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 4 September 2016).
- ↑ Anglican Communion — Melanesian Messenger Online, November 4, 2004 (Archived 5 July 2007; archive accessed 5 September 2016).
- ↑ Footnote 47.
- ↑ 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. 25. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
- ↑ Small publications, p. 31. (Accessed 30 August 2016)