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- ↑ Smith, W. Ramsay (1930). Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines. London: George G. Harrap. p. 147-151.
- ↑ Molnar, Ralph E. (2004). Dragons in the dust: the paleobiology of the giant monitor lizard Megalania. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. xi-xiv. ISBN 978-0-253-34374-1.
- ↑ Brandt, Karl (June 2021). "The Whowie's Lair" (PDF). Caves Australia (216): 15-17.