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- ↑ Germaine, Max (1990). Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 and 2. Sydney: Craftsman Press. p. 131.
- ↑ McCulloch, Alan (1984). Encyclopaedia of Australian Art (2nd edition). Melbourne: Hutchison.
- ↑ Coleman, Bill (1989). Bill Coleman retrospective : oil paintings, prints, drawings and pastels, works from 1948 to 1989. Melbourne: Gryphon Gallery, University of Melbourne. ISBN 0958781125.
- ↑ Coleman, Bill (1990). Quintessential Coleman : a survey of four decades (1949-89) of paintings and prints. Bendigo, Victoria: Allyn Fisher Fine Arts.
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