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- ↑ Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management (2006), Northern Yilgarn (Mt Manning Range Nature Reserve, Mt Elvire and Jaurdi) Conservation Reserves management plan : Management plan newsletter : edition 1 (February 2006), Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, retrieved 25 February 2015
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