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- ↑ "Local and Domestic Intelligence". The Inquirer & Commercial News . Perth, Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 18 July 1860. p. 2. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Abba and Sabina River Drainage Scheme". The South-western News . Vol. X, no. 482. Western Australia. 21 March 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 17 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Hanran-Smith, Genevieve; Western Australia. Water and Rivers Commission; Natural Heritage Trust (Australia); Geographe Catchment Council; Vasse-Wonnerup Land Conservation District Committee (2002), River action plan for the Sabina, Abba and Ludlow Rivers, Natural Heritage Trust : Water and Rivers Commission, ISBN 978-0-7309-7592-2
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