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- ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 14, 413. New South Wales, Australia. 6 June 1884. p. 8. Retrieved 19 July 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ John Kingdon Cleeve 1864–1952 [ permanent dead link ] Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ↑ Swain, Peter L. (Peter Leonard), 1931- (1999), Newington across the years : a history of Newington College, 1863-1998, Newington College
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