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- ↑ "2015 National Indigenous Music Awards Winners Announced". Music Feeds. July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑ "Finalists announced for 2015 NIMAs". NIMA. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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