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References
- ↑ "New Book Wins Council Award", Truth, 30 June 1950, p44
- ↑ "Antarctic stories good and bad" by Len Barker, The Argus, 13 January 1951, p8
- ↑ "Whaling under the midnight sun". The Age. 1 December 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
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