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- 1 2 3 4 West, Margie (7 December 2010). "Yalangbara: art of the Djang'kawu". Western Australian Museum . Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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- ↑ Marika, Banduk; West, Margie (2008). Yalangbara : art of the Djang'kawu. Darwin, N.T.: Charles Darwin University Press. ISBN 9780980384673 . Retrieved 18 July 2021.
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