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- ↑ Local Noise Munkimuk – interview
- ↑ Local Noise Aboriginal Hip-hop: a modern day corroboree Archived 3 September 2012 at archive.today
- ↑ Dunbar-Hall, Peter; Chris Gibson (July 2004). Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places. Contemporary Aboriginal Musc in Australia. University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-622-0.
- ↑ Notarpietro-Clarke, Cristina (1 February 2007). "Blackfella beats and new flows". Arena Magazine.
- ↑ Vibe South West Syndicate
- ↑ Deadlys 2003 winners Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
