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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 3 "2019 Queensland Literary Awards Winners and Finalists". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ↑ Wilson, Rohan David (2011), The roving party, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74237-653-0
- ↑ Wilson, Rohan David (2014), To name those lost, Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74331-832-4
- ↑ Wilson, Rohan David (2019), Daughter of bad times, Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-76052-913-0
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