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- ↑ "Player gets life ban after 'starting' riot". The Canberra Times. 5 September 1991. p. 28 – via Trove.
- ↑ "PNG executive bans five internationals". The Canberra Times. 1 May 1992. p. 28 – via Trove.
- ↑ Buko’s last trip Archived 2002-02-17 at the Wayback Machine Highlands Post, 30 January 2002
- ↑ Buko is dead Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today Post Courier, 23 January 2002