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- ↑ Rolfe Bozier, Rookwood Railway Station, www.nswrail.net, 4 April 2006
- ↑ State Rail Authority of New South Wales Archives Section, How & Why of Station Names: meanings and origins..., Second Edition, 1982, State Rail Authority of New South Wales
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