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- ↑ Maïa Ponsonnet, The Language of Emotions: The case of Dalabon (Australia)(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014) ISBN 978-9-027-26920-1.
- ↑ "Roper, John (1822–1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. 1976. Retrieved 1 May 2015.