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- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "State Suburbs: Swansea Heads". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ↑ Excavation of Swansea Heads midden
- ↑ 'Second sinkhole opens up in Swansea', Newcastle Herald, May 28, 2014.
