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- ↑ "What We Do". Heritage Council of Vicitoria. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ↑ "Victorian Heritage Database". Department of Environment, Water, Land and Planning. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ↑ "IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR STUART MACINTYRE". Heritage Council of Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ↑ "Member Profiles". Heritage Council of Victoria. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ↑ "Stuart Macintyre". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ↑ "Member profiles". Heritage Council of Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2022.