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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Birds of a feather". Northern Territory News. 13 January 2008.
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- ↑ "Fourth Council 1980–1984". Alice Springs Town Council. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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