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- ↑ "The MARS® MINERDOME Welcomes You". Ballarat Basketball Association. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ↑ Ballarat Basketball 2015 Media Guide
- ↑ NBL: Dragons d Taipans