Margo Beasley, Wharfies: a history of the Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia. Halstead Press Pty Ltd, Sydney in Association with the Australian National Maritime Museum, 1966
Margaret George, Australia and the Indonesian revolution. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria in association with The Australian Institute of International Affairs, 1980
Heather Goodall, ‘Port politics: Indian Seamen, Australian Unions and Indonesian Independence, 1945-1947’ in Labour History, No. 94, May 2008, p. 43
Rupert Lockwood, Black Armada. Australasian Book Society, Sydney, 1975
Martin O’Hare & Anthony Reid, Australia and Indonesia’s struggle for independence. PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta, 1995
Indonesia Calling. 1946 Film, directed by Joris Ivens and narrated by Peter Finch. Sponsored by WWF, SUA and 13 other Australian unions