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- ↑ Departmental report, ANU Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies
- ↑ 'The Forced Repatriation of Archaeological Materials', Tim Murray and Jim Allen, Australian Humanities Review
- 1 2 3 "Archaeologist wins rare honour from US Academy of Sciences". La Trobe University Bulletin. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ↑ Aboriginal Law Bulletin . Issue 57. Aboriginal Law Research Unit; 1995. p. 76.
- ↑ Kathy Laster. Law as Culture . Federation Press; 2001. ISBN 978-1-86287-350-6. p. 230.
- ↑ "Aboriginal Australians Shocked by Volcanic Eruption 37,000 Years Ago Could Still Be Telling the Tale". Haaretz, March 12, 2020, by Ruth Schuster