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References
- ↑ About Grace Grace Removals
- ↑ Grace Bros Fifty Years in Furniture Removals Business Truck & Bus Transportation July 1961 page 239
- ↑ Branch Operations for Grace Bros in Four States Truck & Bus Transportation July 1964 page 181
- ↑ Grace Bros moves into Tasmania Truck & Bus Transportation September 1967 page 144
- ↑ Two giant removalists merge for more impact Freight & Container Transportation July 1984 page 18
- ↑ Our History Brambles
- ↑ Removal firm we all know Daily Telegraph 11 April 2011