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- ↑ Portland Guardian 22 Feb 1897, p. 2
- ↑ https://www.victorianrailways.net/vr%20history/annual_reports/vrar1968.pdf
- 1 2 Turton, Keith W. (1968). The Portland Railway. Melbourne: Australian Railway Historical Society, Victorian Division.
- ↑ Chris Banger (March 1997). "Rail Passenger Service Withdrawals Since 1960". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 77–82.
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