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References
- ↑ "Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress (1885)". Australian Trade Union Archives. University of Melbourne. 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2007.
- ↑ Pearl, Cyril (1958). Wild Men of Sydney. London: W.H. Allen. p. 255. ISBN 0-207-13539-8. p29
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