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References
- 1 2 Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 54.
- ↑ Major bus lines merge Truck & Bus Transportation January 1972 page 100
- ↑ Victorian Buses in the Seventies Fleetline issue 53 December 1979 page 11
- ↑ Victorian Buses in the Seventies Fleetline issue 54 January 1980 page 6
- ↑ Pulitanos form bus group Australasian Bus & Coach
- ↑ Ventura Group - US Bus Lines Australian Bus Fleet Lists