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- ↑ Flanagan, Penny (1998). Sing to me. Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin. ISBN 0140274693. OCLC 38833731.
- ↑ Flanagan, Penny (November 2018). Surviving Hal. Glebe NSW. ISBN 9781925780369. OCLC 1083522583.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 1 2 Showbiz a family affair for Flanagan | Illawarra Mercury 26 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2013
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- 1 2 "Penny Flanagan chart history, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 5 July 2024– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
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