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- 1 2 3 4 "Yothu Yindi bags NT music prize". ABC. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ↑ "Song Cycles" (PDF). Australia Council. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ↑ "Awards to recognise NT Indigenous musicians". ABC. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- 1 2 "From Outstation to Out There: Indigenous Music in the Northern Territory". Music in Australia. 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2020.