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- ↑ UUSC About Us Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ↑ "SCHOOL CLUBS, LTD". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) . NSW: National Library of Australia. 30 September 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ↑ Swain, Peter L. (Peter Leonard); Newington College (1999), Newington across the years : a history of Newington College, 1863-1998, The College, ISBN 978-0-646-38135-0
- ↑ Derriman, Philip; University and Schools Club, Sydney (2005), A world within a world : a centenary history of the University & Schools Club, Playright Publishing, ISBN 978-0-949853-94-3
- ↑ UUSC About Us Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ↑ The University And Schools Club – Lawlink NSW Retrieved 8 August 2013