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- ↑ "Australasian Bus News - PSA media". Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
- ↑ Toowoomba City Council Home - McCafferty, John Francis
- ↑ Toowoomba City Council Home – Jack McCafferty – King of the Road