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- ↑ "Peter Monteath". Flinders University. n.d. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ↑ "Peter Monteath on Trove Books". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ "Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize". Australian National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ↑ "2016 Prime Minister's Literary Awards Shortlist". Ministers for the Department of Communications and the Arts. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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