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- ↑ "ISTG Vol 3 – Ship Sebastopol". immigrantships.net. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ↑ "(untitled)". Otago Daily Times . Otago, New Zealand. 8 June 1863. p. 5. Retrieved 5 July 2023– via Newspapers.com.