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- ↑ "Valuable Book For Institute". Port Lincoln Times (SA : 1927 - 1954). 7 May 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ↑ "SIR JOSEPH BANKS ISLANDS". Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938). 10 March 1937. p. 41. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ "Seeing The Islands Of the S.A. Coast". Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). 13 April 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
Coordinates: 34°35′43″S136°15′10″E / 34.59528°S 136.25278°E
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