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"ref": "1858 June 18, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 3, column 1:",
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"ref": "1861 December 10, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, NSW, page 2, column 2:",
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"ref": "1933, Mary Grant Bruce, Billabong’s Luck, London: Ward Lock, page 175:",
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"ref": "1935 July 25, The Queenslander Illustrated Weekly, Brisbane, page 49, column 5:",
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