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References
- ↑ "Commercial Bank". Launceston Examiner . Vol. XII, no. 1115. Tasmania, Australia. 8 February 1853. p. 7. Retrieved 14 October 2016– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The Late Mr. V. W. Giblin". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 14, 395. New South Wales, Australia. 16 May 1884. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2016– via National Library of Australia.
