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References
- ↑ L.M Williams Diary of disaster 1982
- ↑ Mining accident relief fund Act (Victoria) 1884
- ↑ "The Flooding Of The Creswick Mine, Australia". The Cornishman. No. 239. 8 February 1883.
- ↑ Williams.L.M.Diary of disaster 1982
- ↑ "New Australasian No. 2 Deep Lead Gold Mining Memorial and Site, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1302, Heritage Overlay Number HO948", Victorian Heritage Database, Heritage Victoria, retrieved 12 March 2011