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- ↑ "Mr. F. T. Gregory's Expedition to the N. W. Coast of Australia". The Inquirer and Commercial News . Vol. XXII, no. 1, 087. Western Australia. 27 November 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 17 February 2019– via National Library of Australia.
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