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- 1 2 Peter King (1989) Pangu Returns to Power: The 1982 Elections in Papua New Guinea p151
- ↑ "Twisted" clergymen in Papua Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1975
- ↑ Papua New Guinea Election Results 1972 – 2012 Development Policy Centre
- ↑ Elections in Papua New Guinea Australian Foreign Affairs Record, August 1977, p410
- 1 2 Posu Ank Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1982
- ↑ Posu Ank Memorial Primary School Department of Education