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- ↑ Evatt, Elizabeth Andreas; Australia. Office of the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (1996), "Annex VII", Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, pp. 339–344, ISBN 978-0-642-27173-0, ISSN 0727-4181 (Selected parts of the review)
- ↑ "National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 - Sect 84 Aboriginal places". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 20 August 2021.