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- ↑ The Murder of 13-year-old Schoolgirl Clare Morrison: The Body on Bells Beach, archived from the original on 25 November 2020, retrieved 5 December 2019
- ↑ "Clare Morrison 1992 murder: New call for Clare, a quarter-century on". Geelong Advertiser. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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