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- ↑ "Welcome to the Hotham History Project Homepage". www.hothamhistory.org.au. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Murphy, Guy (2004). At home On Hotham Hill. Hotham History Project. p.40. ISBN 9780958611152