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- ↑ "Australian Voices mourn Joan's final song", The Australian , 15 October 2010
- ↑ "What a week for Rachel", University of Sydney, October 2010] Archived October 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Nicholas Tolputt Wins the IFAC Australian Singing Competition", Limelight , 22 August 2016
- ↑ "Soprano Zoe Drummond Wins the Mathy", Limelight , 10 September 2018
- ↑ "Manase Latu Wins the Mathy", Limelight , 20 September 2019
- ↑ "ASC@Home", Australian Singing Competition
- ↑ "News and Key Dates for the 2022 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition", 27 August 2021
- ↑ "Jeremy Boulton Wins the 2022 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition", Limelight , 4 October 2022
