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- ↑ "Hays Inlet (entry 15574)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- 1 2 Dennison, William C.; Eva G. Abal (1999). Moreton Bay Study: A Scientific Basis for the Health Waterways Campaign. Brisbane: South East Queensland Regional Water Quality Management Strategy Team. p. 197. ISBN 0-9586368-1-8.
