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- ↑ "Drakeford Drive". ACT Planning and Land Authority. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ Trail, Jim (17 April 2012). "New sculpture takes flight over Tuggeranong". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ↑ "Kambah Pedestrian Overpass". ACT Government Department of Territory and Municipal Services. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
