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References
- ↑ "Railway". Snowtown Museum. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ↑ "Snowtown, SA". Aussie Towns. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ↑ Long Plains Railway 4 September 1923
- ↑ Callaghan, W. H. (2002), "Horse and Steam, Wheat and Copper", Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin (January/February): 9–27, 46–63
- 1 2 Quinlan, Howard; Newland, John (2000). Australian Railway Routes 1854 - 2000. Redfern: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 56–58. ISBN 0-909650-49-7.
- ↑ Rail Agreement (Adelaide to Crystal Brook Railway) Act 1980 Government of Australia