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- ↑ Kruger, Debbie (2 May 2001). "The songs that resonate through the years". APRA. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 . St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
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- ↑ Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). "The Easybeats". Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic.: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1 . Retrieved 27 October 2008.