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- ↑ "Travel Tolosa Dam Conversion to Parkland". Tasmanian Times . 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ↑ "Contract Awarded for Tolosa Park Dam Transformation". Tasmanian Times . 18 July 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ↑ "Symphony Under the Stars on the move". The Mercury . 26 July 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2023.