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- ↑ Kitson, Janine (31 May 2018). "Seeing the Wild Light". National Parks Association of NSW. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ↑ "Henry Gold - Landscape Photographer". Colong Foundation For Wilderness. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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