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- ↑ Rugari, Vince (June 23, 2023). "'Sometimes you strike it lucky': How a 25-cent phone poll gave the Matildas their name". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ "The History Of Football Australia - Network Ten". September 22, 2021. Archived from the original on September 22, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Teams of the Decades | Women's 1979-1989". MyFootball. December 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Matildas' missing million 'a joke'". The Sydney Morning Herald. August 15, 2002.
- ↑ "The forgotten game that launched women's football in Australia". September 23, 2021 – via www.abc.net.au.
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