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References
- 1 2 "TRADE AND SHIPPING". The Hobart Town Courier. VIII (459). Tasmania, Australia. 22 May 1835. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Memorial to the Rebecca, Rosevears, Tasmania, 1954.
- ↑ John Batman, Journal 1801-1839. Date: 10 May-11 June 1835. Accession No: MS13181, State Library of Victoria.
- ↑ Horton, Thomas; Morris, Kenneth; Bass Valley Historical Society (1983), The Andersons of Western Port : the discovery and exploration of Western Port, Victoria, and the life of the first settler in eastern Victoria, Samuel Anderson, and his two brothers, Hugh and Thomas. From 1797 to 1903, Bass Valley Historical Society, ISBN 978-0-9591787-0-8
- ↑ "Sloop Rebecca". The Cornwall Chronicle . 1 (XXXVI). Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. 10 October 1835. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 13 November 1954. p. 8.
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