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- 1 2 "Gordon railway station, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1584, Heritage Overlay HO35". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
- ↑ "Works & Safeworking". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. September 1975. p. 198.
- ↑ Scott Martin and Chris Banger (October 2006). "'New Deal' for County Passengers - 25 years on". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). p. 319.
- ↑ "Gordon railway station (Place ID 103445)". Australian Heritage Database . Australian Government . Retrieved 30 January 2023.
