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- ↑ Estimated by adding 207 miles to Narrandera's value
- ↑ Estimated by adding 125 miles to Narrandera's value
- ↑ Estimated by adding 75 miles to Narrandera's value
- ↑ Distance from Hay to Murray River junction has been estimated by adding 82 river miles to Balranald's value.
- ↑ "-Murray Lands and their Prospects". The Border Watch . Mount Gambier, SA. 16 December 1908. p. 4. Retrieved 19 September 2015– via National Library of Australia. Distance from Hay to river mouth (past Goolwa) has been estimated by adding 850 river miles to Balranald's value.
- ↑ "The Murrumbidgee". The Riverine Grazier . Hay, NSW. 7 March 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 18 September 2015– via National Library of Australia.