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- ↑ "SHIP NEWS". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser . Vol. I, no. 16. New South Wales, Australia. 19 June 1803. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SHIP NEWS". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser . Vol. IV, no. 161. 13 April 1806. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2 p41
- ↑ "View Shipwreck - Governor King". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Aust Govt.
- ↑ "MURDER". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser . Vol. IV, no. 164. 4 May 1806. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
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