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- ↑ Hegarty, David, ed. (1983). Electoral Politics in Papua New Guinea: Studies on the 1977 National Elections (PDF). University of Papua New Guinea Press.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ May, Ronald James (1982). Micronationalist movements in Papua New Guinea. Dept. of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. p. 349.
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- ↑ Rannells, Jackson & Matatier, Elesallah (2005). PNG fact book: a one-volume encyclopedia of Papua New Guinea. Oxford University Press. p. 84.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Moresby Northeast Parliamentary Election: Damena v Lowa [1977] PGNC 35; [1977] PNGLR 448 (7 November 1977)". National Court of Papua New Guinea. PacLII. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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