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- ↑ South Pacific Bulletin, volume 15
- 1 2 Report to the South Pacific Commission on Community Education for Better Family and Village Living in the South Pacific, 1970-72, p26
- ↑ The Countrywoman, Associated Country Women of the World, 1967, p8
- ↑ Fiji and Vanuatu The Australian Church Record, 11 February 1985
- ↑ Playing to New Hebrideans' gallery Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1976, p11
- ↑ New Hebrides runaround continues Pacific Islands Monthly, October 1976, p16
- ↑ Santo still 'National' Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1976, p17
- ↑ Report: Alcoholism, South Pacific Commission, 1986, p6
- ↑ The Honours Regulation, 1980 Republic of Vanuatu Official Gazette, 13 December 1982