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- 1 2 "Property NSW". Services NSW: NSW Government Directory. Government of New South Wales. 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority" . Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ↑ "About us". Property NSW, Department of Finance, Services and Innovation . Government of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 November 2018.
