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- ↑ "Stapleton Siding massacre". Centre For 21st Century Humanities. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ↑ "Alyandabu". territorystories.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ↑ McGinness, Joe (1991). Son of Alyandabu: My Fight for Aboriginal Rights. University of Queensland Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7022-2335-8.
- ↑ "Language « Kungarakan Culture & Education Association". kungarakan.org.au. Retrieved 2024-06-14.