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- ↑ "About" on the Community Solutions website
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
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- ↑ Rosanne Haggerty [ dead link ], Business Week. Executive Profile. By staff. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Adelaide Thinkers in Residence – Rosanne Haggerty". Archived from the original on February 16, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- ↑ "Welcome to Common Ground Adelaide | Common Ground Adelaide". Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Rosanne Haggerty | Ashoka.org". Archived from the original on July 6, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
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