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- ↑ "NIMA announces 2017 Line up". nima. June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ↑ "Arnhem Land rapper Danzal Baker making impact on Australian music scene". NT News. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2020.