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- ↑ "Magpies lose their stripes". The Age. 29 March 1982.
- ↑ "Swans Fly Their Flag". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 July 1982.
- ↑ "Night Grand Finals Played at Waverley Park". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
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