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- ↑ "Bass Valley Railway". Great Southern Advocate. 22 June 1893.
- ↑ "Sketch plan of proposed Bass Valley, Powlett River and San Remo railway". State Library Of Victoria. 1907. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "LASSI – Land and Survey Spatial Information". Maps Land Vic Gov. 16 May 2020.
- ↑ "Light Railway Savings". The Age. 30 October 1907.
- ↑ "Regrading Nyora Line". Lang Lang Guardian. 27 January 1915.
- ↑ "LASSI – Land and Survey Spatial Information". Maps Land Vic Gov. 16 May 2020.
- ↑ "New Station On Wonthaggi Line". The Age. 2 October 1913.
- ↑ "LASSI – Land and Survey Spatial Information". Maps Land Vic Gov. 16 May 2020.
- ↑ "Powlett Hunter, McKenzie, Rees and Kernot Stations named by Railway Commissioners after mines department officers and railways engineers". The Argus. 2 April 1910. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Victorian Railways: Change in Name of Station". The Argus. 30 June 1910. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ↑ "Way and Works". Divisional Diary. Australian Railway Historical Society. August 1972. p. 7.
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