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Bern Emmerichs, Who Are You?, 2003, earthenware with underglaze. Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Australia.
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- Federation of Australian Historical Societies
- Australian History (Project Gutenberg of Australia)
- Australian War Memorial
- Australian National Maritime Museum
- Australia's Heritage
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
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