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References
- ↑ "THE PORT WAKEFIELD AND KADINA RAILWAY". South Australian Register . Vol. XLIII, no. 9953. South Australia. 8 October 1878. p. 6. Retrieved 24 September 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Paskeville Home Page
- ↑ PASKEVILLE STATION YARD. 10 September 1907
- ↑ PASKEVILLE AND KULPARA. 18 September 1907
- ↑ PASKEVILLE 4 March 1904
- ↑ searchTerm=Paskeville%20railway%20station Paskeville-Maitland Railway 2 June 1924
- ↑ Railways and Colonisation in South Australia
- ↑ Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56–58. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
- ↑ Paskeville Railway Station