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- ↑ "Shriekback's Barry is back". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 September 1986. p. 76.
- ↑ "Clementine' Calendar". The Milwaukee Journal. 14 July 1989. p. 51.
- ↑ "Water & Stone Archives".
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