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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Parks Victoria Annual Report 2016–17" (PDF). Government of Victoria. 2017. pp. 1, 4, 8, 9, 36 & 38. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ↑ "Parks Victoria Act 2018" (PDF). Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ "About Us". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ Parks Victoria Act 1998
- ↑ Land Ownership of Braeside Park, https://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/articles/287, accessed January 2020.
- ↑ Gillespie J & Wright J (1993). A Fraternity of Foresters. A history of the Victorian State Foresters Association. Jim Crowe Press. pp. 149 pp. ISBN 978-0646169286.
