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- ↑ Killick, John (2017). The Last Escape. New Holland. pp. 130, 141, 175.
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- ↑ Kerr, John (2002). Wanted – John & Lucy: Rescue by Force, Silverwater Prison, 25 March 1999. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Tower Books. ISBN 0958128308.
- ↑ Wood, Nathan (22 October 2015). "Urthboy's 'Long Loud Hours' might just be one of the best Australian love songs of all time | Blerg". Blerg.