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- ↑ "Annual Report 1997" (PDF). Griffith University. 1997. p. 16. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ↑ "Past Concerts: 1990–1999": 7 June 1997 Archived 11 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine , Brisbane Chorale
- ↑ Award & Scholarship Winners at Opera Foundation Australia Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Cast of The Love of the Nightingale at Victorian Opera Archived 28 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
