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- ↑ Idato, Michael: Review: An Aussie Goes Barmy, The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 November 2006.
- ↑ Gus must be Barmy, Herald Sun , 23 October 2006.
- ↑ Brown, Pam: The star who sent an Aussie Barmy Archived 12 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine , The West Australian , 28 November 2006.