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References
- ↑ No.7 Pumping Station, Gilgai, 1900, retrieved 12 October 2016
- ↑ Walker, Marshal (2003). The Pump. Hesperian Press. ISBN 978-0-85905-323-5.
- ↑ Miller, N.D. (1962), No. 7 Pumping Station, Goldfields Water Supply , retrieved 12 October 2016
- ↑ Gilmour, Hugh; Hartley, Richard G; Goldfields and Agricultural Water Supply History Project; Water Corporation of Western Australia (2002), [Interview with Hugh Gilmour] , retrieved 12 October 2016