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- ↑ "ENGLAND AND THE WAR". South Australian Register . South Australia. 8 January 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 24 January 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ S Thompson, Semaphore Station last day operation, National Railway Museum 29 October 1978 [ dead link ]
- ↑ Railpage Forum: Walk down memory lane (aka Semaphore Road) accessed 23 February 2008