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- 1 2 W. Ramsay Smith (2015). Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines: The Porcupine and the Mountain Devil. Ravenio Books. pp. 109–113. ISBN 9780486427096 . Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ Other Mythology Encyclopaedia
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