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- ↑ "MONTEITH SETTLEMENT". The Register (Adelaide) . Vol. LXXIV, no. 19, 548. South Australia. 8 July 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 29 September 2022– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "RAILWAY SIDING AT MONTEITH". Daily Herald . Vol. 1, no. 134. South Australia. 9 August 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 29 September 2022– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "NEW RAILWAY SIDING". The Observer . Vol. LXVIII, no. 5, 348. South Australia. 2 September 1911. p. 17. Retrieved 29 September 2022– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Ministerial Press Release: Economic stimulus: New passing loop at Monteith completed". ARTC. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
