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- 1 2 "Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ↑ Bardon, Geoff, 1940- (2004). Papunya : a place made after the story : the beginnings of the Western Desert painting movement. Bardon, James. Carlton, Vic.: Miegunyah Press. ISBN 052285110X. OCLC 59098931.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Lungkata Tjungurrayi, Shorty. "Untitled". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2019.