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517:(paperback). Sydney: Allen & Unwin (published 2012). p. 311.
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1088:"MP runs from the west to take up digs in Mosman"
301:launched Farmer's memoirs on the journey, called
868:"Pole-to-Pole Pat turned me into a wimp: Howard"
691:"Biography for FARMER, the Hon. Patrick Francis"
721:"Governor-General's Speech – Address in Reply"
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1086:Carty, Lisa (13 January 2009).
1061:"Division of Macarthur results"
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