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- ↑ "Excalibur Mining". excaliburmining.com.au.
- ↑ "Northern Yilgarn Conservation Reserves". ExplorOz.
- ↑ "WA Country Hour". abc.net.au.
- ↑ http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/250/1590/
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Chapman, Andrew; Lyons, Michael N (1997), A biological survey of the Helena and Aurora Range, eastern goldfields, Western Australia, Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, retrieved 25 February 2015
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