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- ↑ Karen Hewitt, "Pioneering Journalist and Oral History Interviewer", National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, December 2018 (retrieved 26 March 2022).
- ↑ Clinton Walker, "A.O'G. R.I.P.", clintonwalker.com.au, 13 January 2019 (retrieved 26 March 2022).
- ↑ "Writer Changed Landscape of Rock Music Journalism", The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 February 2019 (retrieved 26 March 2022).
- 1 2 Anthony O'Grady, "Number One", Ear for Music, September 1973, p. 3.
- ↑ "Albums", Ear for Music, November 1973, p. 35.
- ↑ Stuart Coupe, "Anthony O'Grady (1947–2018)", Rhythms , March–April 2019, p. 14 (retrieved 26 March 2022).
- ↑ Anthony O'Grady, "Number Two", Ear for Music, November 1973, p. 3.
- ↑ "Ear for Music Album Charts", Ear for Music, September 1973, p. 22.
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