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- ↑ Wright, Shane. "Labor-held Melbourne seat of Higgins to be scrapped in boundary redraw". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ Evans, Jake. "Michelle Ananda-Rajah's seat of Higgins set to be abolished at next federal election". ABC News.
- ↑ "Proposed redistribution of Western Australia into electoral divisions" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 31 May 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ↑ Brown, Kellie D. (2020). The sound of hope: Music as solace, resistance and salvation during the holocaust and world war II. McFarland. p. 236.
- ↑ Gary Nunn (18 April 2019), "Bangka Island: The WW2 massacre and a 'truth too awful to speak'", BBC News , archived from the original on 15 March 2022, retrieved 18 April 2019
- ↑ "Announcement of final electoral divisions". Western Australian redistribution, 2023. Australian Electoral Commission. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.