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- ↑ "Pic-nic Station". The Cornwall Chronicle. Launceston, Tas. 2 January 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ↑ Grieg, A. W. (14 September 1935). "Old Railway Stations Along the Hawthorn Line". The Argus . Melbourne, Vic. p. 7. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ↑ Map of Melbourne and Suburban Company Lines, 1857–1862, archived from the original on 8 August 2008, retrieved 15 November 2011
- 1 2 "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ↑ "Disastrous Railway Accident". The Argus. 4 December 1882. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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