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- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on April 5, 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. [6] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
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- ↑ ""Beautifully Tragic" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ↑ McFarlane 'Bluebottle Kiss' entry. Retrieved 20 February 2010. Note: He is listed as Jamie Hutching [ sic ].
- ↑ Spencer et al, (2007) Hutchings, Jamie Archived 2014-11-11 at the Wayback Machine entry. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ↑ The Music Album Review – April 2, 2014
- ↑ Spencer et al, (2007) BLUEBOTTLE KISS [ permanent dead link ] entry. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ↑ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia . Retrieved 8 February 2010.
