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References
- General
- 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 5 April 2004. Retrieved 11 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. [3] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ↑ McFarlane "'The Wild Cherries' entry". Archived from the original on 18 April 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2014.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ↑ Spencer et al, (2007) Gilbert, Les [ permanent dead link ] entry. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ↑ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia . Retrieved 11 February 2010.
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