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- ↑ "Ship News". The Times. No. 21959. London. 26 January 1855. col D, p. 10.
- ↑ "Roper Bar". Sydney Morning Herald . 8 February 2004.
- ↑ "The wreck of the paddle-steamer 'Young Australia' in the Roper River" – via collections.slsa.sa.gov.au.
- ↑ Ashford, Stephen Allan (2004). Endurance, courage and shipwreck in the Roper River 1871-1872. Darwin: N.T. Office of Environment and Heritage.
- ↑ "Young Australian Shipwreck, Ngukurr,(sic) NT, Australia - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate (Place ID 101)". Australian Heritage Database . Australian Government. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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