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- ↑ Wallaby Creek designated water supply catchment area, Kinglake National Park, Management Plan (PDF), Parks Victoria, August 1998, ISBN 0-7311-3191-6, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2011, retrieved 21 February 2011