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- ↑ Brij V. Lal, Edward D. Beechert, and Doug Munro. Plantation Workers: Resistance and Accommodation, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993. Page 162.
- ↑ Lal et al., 163.
- ↑ "Solomon Islands Pijin - History". Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-12.