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- ↑ "Nungalinya College student Natassia on starring in 'Sweet Country'", Insights Magazine, 1 March 2018
- ↑ Jefferson, Dee (3 December 2018), "AACTA Awards for Sweet Country and Mystery Road put Indigenous stories centre stage", ABC Arts
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