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- ↑ Anglican Church of Melanesia — Diocese of Malaita Archived 2020-11-28 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 4 September 2016).
- ↑ List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) pp. 9–10. (Accessed 25 August 2016)
- ↑ Small publications, p. 24. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
- ↑ Small publications, p. 29. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
- 1 2 Anglican Church of Melanesia — ACoM elects new Bishop for Ysabel Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 4 September 2016)