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References
- ↑ K29 Miriwoong / Miriuwung at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- 1 2 McGregor 2013, p. 40.
- ↑ McGregor 2000, p. 12.
- 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 248.
- ↑ AIATSIS.
- ↑ "Copy of Native Title Map". Kimberley Land Council. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2020.