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- ↑ Muir, Alison & Dinee (1982). Forrest Family, Pioneers of Western Australia, 1842-1982. J.R. Muir & Son. p. 26. ISBN 0-9592883-0-9.
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- ↑ Birman, Wendy (1986). "Lee Steere, Sir Ernest Augustus (1866–1957)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 10. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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