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- ↑ Wade Chambers and Rachel Faggetter, "Australia's Museum Powerhouse", Technology and Culture , Vol. 33, No. 3 (July, 1992), pp. 548–559.
- ↑ Toronto IdeasCity Presenter Lindsay Sharp, 2002.
- ↑ Royal Academy of Engineering Award for the Man behind the Science Museum Archived 5 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine , Royal Academy of Engineering, 2 June 2005.
- ↑ Mark Henderson, Science Museum II thinks big to liberate locked-away gems, The Times , 16 June 2007.