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- ↑ "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Laura River, WA". 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- 1 2 "History of river names – L". Western Australian Land Information Authority. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ↑ Muir, Alison; Muir, Dinee (1982). Forrest Family, Pioneers of Western Australia, 1842–1982. J.R. Muir & Son. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-9592883-0-9.
- ↑ "Survey of the Eucla district". The West Australian . 13 October 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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Rivers of Western Australia | |
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| Rivers of the Gascoyne region | |
| Rivers of the Goldfields-Esperance region | |
| Rivers of the Great Southern region | |
| Rivers of the Kimberley region |
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| Rivers of the Mid West region | |
| Rivers of the Peel and Perth regions | |
| Rivers of the Pilbara region | |
| Rivers of the South West region | |
| Rivers of the Wheatbelt region | |
