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References
- ↑ "Dry Creek River Trails | Dry Creek Linear Park | Walking SA". Walking SA. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ↑ Maurovic, Richard (2011). Samphire and stone : a history of the Dry Creek to Stockade railway. Port Adelaide, S. Aust. : National Railway Museum. ISBN 9781864770810.
- ↑ "ATDB • View topic - 150th Anniversary of the Stockade (Northfield) Line". www.busaustralia.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- 1 2 "150th Anniversary of the Stockade (Northfield) Line (A Brief History of the Dry Creek to Stockade Railway)". Catchpoint. May 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Stockade Botanical Park". www.weekendnotes.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ↑ "Stockade Botanic Park" (PDF).
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