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References
- Gillion, K. L. (1962). Fiji's Indian Migrants: A history to the end of indenture in 1920. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 78–79.
- ↑ Fiji: Handbook of the colony, Government Printer, Suva, 1936
- ↑ "Fiji Sugar Corporation Offers Redundancy Packages to Penang Mill Employees". Fiji Sun. May 8, 2019.