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- ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 23 April 1932. p. 137:1553.
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- ↑ "WOOTHAKATA NOW MAREEBA SHIRE". Townsville Daily Bulletin . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 19 December 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
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