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- ↑ "THE PORT WAKEFIELD AND KADINA RAILWAY". South Australian Register . Vol. XLIII, no. 9953. South Australia. 8 October 1878. p. 6. Retrieved 24 September 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "THE KADINA AND BARUNGA RAILWAY". The Express and Telegraph . Vol. XV, no. 4, 301. South Australia. 23 May 1878. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 24 September 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Heritage survey of Kadina railway yards
- ↑ Callaghan, WH (2002). "Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper". Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin (January, February, 2002): 9–27, 46–63.
- ↑ Railways and Colonisation in South Australia
- ↑ Repair costs derail tourist train operation 19 March 2009