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- ↑ "Bolton, Elizabeth Mary, (Her Honour) (1950-) - People and organisations". Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 25 November 2018– via Trove.
- ↑ "Bolton, Elizabeth Mary - Woman - The Australian Women's Register". womenaustralia.info. National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ↑ "Resignation of Chief Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Bolton". Courts Administration Authority of South Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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