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- ↑ Titasey, Catherine (2013). "Rosie Ware - sharing Torres Strait lslander culture through textiles" (PDF). Textile Fibre Forum.
- ↑ Henderson, political reporter Anna (23 August 2015). "Torres Strait Islands 'buzzing' ahead of Abbott's arrival". ABC News. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "| The Australian War Memorial". www.awm.gov.au. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "Rejected by the country they fought for: New push to give Indigenous soldiers recognition". NITV. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "For Country, For Nation". Artlink Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
