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- David Beardsell and Bruce Herbert (1979). The Outer Circle: A history of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). ISBN 0-85849-024-2.
- "Malvern Urban Forest History". City of Stonnington. Retrieved 30 October 2022.