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References
- ↑ Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 13.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Victorian Buses in the Eighties Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/8 May 1991 page 14
- ↑ Tassielink History Tassielink
- ↑ Grenda acquires Invicta Bus Lines Grenda Corporation
- ↑ Invicta Sells to Grenda Australian Bus Panorama issue 24/5 March 2009 pages12-14
- ↑ Ventura buys Grenda Transit - Volgren to send separately Australasian Bus & Coach 21 November 2011
- ↑ Ventura buys Grenda Australian Bus issue 49 January 2012 page 5
- ↑ Ventura takes over Grenda's bus operations Australian Bus Panorama issue 27/4 January 2012 page 7
- ↑ Ventura Group - Invicta Archived 17 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Australian Bus Fleet Lists