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- ↑ "Martin Cash by Frank Clune". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ↑ "Austlit — Martin Cash by Frank Clune". Austlit. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ↑ ""Martin Cash: Tasmania's Audacious And Romantic Bushranger"". The Age, 31 December 1955, p14. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ↑ ""Testimony From an Expert"". Sydney Morning Herald, 8 January 1956, p38. Retrieved 24 April 2024.