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- ↑ "N.G. OFFICER MISSING". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 10 November 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "REPORT ON N.G. MASSACRE". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 2 December 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "THIS TRANSFORMATION HAS GIVEN "BLACK JITTERS"". The Courier-Mail . Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 9 December 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ "Death sentence for Telefomin natives". The Advocate . Burnie, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 10 August 1954. p. 5. Retrieved 9 July 2015.