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- ↑ "John Brown". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ↑ They were related: V. V. Brown (1841-1910) married Vaiben Louis Solomon's cousin Julia Solomon (c. 1844–1881)
- ↑ "Brown's Mart". Darwin Theatre Group. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
The State Library of South Australia has an extensive archive on the descendants of William Voules Brown