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- ↑ "United Aborigines Mission - Organisation - Find & Connect - South Australia". www.findandconnect.gov.au. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ↑ United Aborigines Mission (1994), Challenging the Almighty : 100 years of trusting God in the work of the United Aborigines Mission, United Aborigines Mission, ISBN 978-0-949181-10-7
- 1 2 "Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Report 'Bringing them Home' (Chapter Eight)". Australian Human Rights Commission. April 1997. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
