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- ↑ "NORTH ADELAIDE NURSING SISTERS". The Southern Cross . Vol. XIV, no. 693. South Australia. 10 October 1902. p. 11. Retrieved 26 September 2016– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "CALVARY HOSPITAL". The Mercury . Vol. CLII, no. 21, 857. Tasmania. 16 December 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 26 September 2016– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "New Catholic Hospital For Tasmania". Catholic Weekly . Vol. III, no. 98. New South Wales. 13 January 1944. p. 8. Retrieved 26 September 2016– via National Library of Australia.
