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- ↑ "Year in review" (PDF). www.queenwood.nsw.edu.auu. 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ↑ "Attention Blue and Gold recipients". www.susf.com.au. 25 March 2019.
- ↑ 2016 Melanesian Championships in Athletics
- ↑ "NSW Athletes selected for Global Games, Oceania Champs and World Relays". Athletics New South Wales.
- ↑ "4x400 Metres Relay Result | IAAF World Relays". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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- ↑ "Annual report" (PDF). www.nswathletics.org.au. 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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- ↑ "Ultimate Tag's Rebecca Bennett shares heart-wrenching story of friends' death on bushwalk". PerthNow. 7 March 2021.
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