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- ↑ Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Listen Up - Music of Black Australia
- ↑ National Indigenous Times - Issue 68 Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Deadly times for Saltwater
- ↑ Aria Awards Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Saltwater Band awards history
- ↑ Deadly Vibe Issue 93 November 2004 Archived 5 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine Saltwater snaps up Deadly
- ↑ "APRA Music Awards 2012". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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- ↑ "2014 Winners - National Indigenous Music Awards". Musicnt.com.au. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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