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- ↑ "Tweed Art Gallery: Items - Painting, Self Portrait". aumuseums.com. Australian Museums and Galleries. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ↑ "Andamooka triptych; Siv Grava, Australian, Born 1954; 2007/2008; 1.4-1.4.MEL". ehive.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ↑ "Tweed Art Gallery: Items - Painting, Self Portrait". aumuseums.com. Australian Museums and Galleries. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ↑ John Neylon (2015). Tough(er) Love: Art From Eyre Peninsula - Resource Kit (PDF). Country Arts SA. Retrieved 31 March 2022.