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- ↑ "2014 NIMA Winners". National Indigenous Music Awards. 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑ "CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS CULTURE". nfsa. August 2014.
- ↑ "Jessica Mauboy, Dan Sultan and hip hop artist Briggs the big winners at National Indigenous Music Awards". ABC. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑ Renee Williamson and Frank Trotman-Golden (23 April 2009). "Making Waves Hip Hop launch". ABC. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑ "triplejunearthed Philly". triplejunearthed. Retrieved 10 August 2020.