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- ↑ "'Mystery Girl' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 12 May 2014. Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Mystery Girl; or at 'Performer:' Uncle Bobs Band
- 1 2 Holmgren, Magnus. "Little Heroes". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ↑ "Uncle Bob's Band Posters". Official Uncle Bob's Band website. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ↑ "The Original Uncle Bob's Band". Official Uncle Bob's Band website. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ↑ "AFI Award winners: non-feature categories 1958-2007". Australian Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
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