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- ↑ "RUGBY UNION". The Sun . No. 5866 (LAST RACE ed.). Sydney. 28 August 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Sydney, 1999) pp24
- ↑ Ryerson Index Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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