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- 1 2 S52 Thawa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Brown, Bill (16 October 2015). "Yuin elders develop 'message stick' app to teach almost-lost Aboriginal language". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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