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- ↑ Tasmania. Land Information Bureau (1995), Engineer (Ed. 1 ed.), Tasmap, retrieved 17 June 2015
- ↑ Kerr, Garry and McDermott, Harry (1999) The Huon Pine Story Portland, Vic Mainsail Books ISBN 0-9577917-0-4. Map 4 page 34, and Chapter 3
