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- ↑ "About the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau". ANU College of Asia & the Pacific. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ↑ "Memory of the World Knowledge Centre". Libraries ACT. 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
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- ↑ "Research Library". National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.