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References
- ↑ King, Norma (1995), The voice of the goldfields : 100 years of the Kalgoorlie miner, Hocking & Co, ISBN 978-0-86778-057-4
- ↑ Kirkpatrick, Rod (1 April 2005), Hocking Family Struck a Rich Newspaper Lode at Kalgoorlie , retrieved 29 November 2018
- ↑ Hocking, Sidney Jack Finn; Jeffery, Chris, 1926- (1976), [Interview with Sidney Jack Hocking, journalist] , retrieved 29 November 2018CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ↑ "A Kalgoorlie Wedding". Kalgoorlie Western Argus . VI (300). Western Australia. 23 August 1900. p. 10. Retrieved 29 November 2018– via National Library of Australia.
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