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References
- ↑ "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA . Retrieved 17 November 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) Note: requires user to input song title e.g. Armistice Day
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 200. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
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