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- ↑ Gates, Geoffrey, A Ticket for Perpetual Locomotion April 2006, Interactive Press Australia, ISBN 978-1-876819-28-6
- ↑ IP Picks Awards
- 1 2 Your First Book Archived 2 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine November 2005, Postgraduate and beyond
- ↑ Lauren Daniels, for the judges, IP Picks 2005
- ↑ McGirr, Michael, A Ticket for Perpetual Locomotion January 2006, The Sydney Morning Herald
