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- ↑ Quiet knight of the five and dime world Independent, 20 March 1994
- ↑ Burke's Peerage Profile, preview
- ↑ Former boss Sir Geoff Mulcahy sets sights on Woolworths rescue Daily Telegraph, 10 December 2008
- ↑ Sir Geoff Mulcahy: profile of former Woolworths boss Daily Telegraph, 10 December 2008
- ↑ Javelin Group Archived 2009-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
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