Cole, Malcolm (2015) Context and culture in music education: lessons from last century. Australian Journal of Music Education, 2015 (3). pp. 59-72.

Cole, Malcolm Alastair (2014) Tropical sounds: a cultural history of music education in Cairns and Yarrabah: 1930 to 1970. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Cole, Malcolm (2013) Tropical sounds: music learning and teaching within cultures in Cairns and Yarrabah: 1930 to 1970. E-Journal of Studies in Music Education, 9 (2). pp. 44-63.

Cole, Malcolm (2011) Aspects of Indigenous Music Education in Yarrabah and Cairns: 1907 to 1966. In: Williams, Greg, (ed.) Talking Back, Talking Forward: journeys in transforming Indigenous eductional practice. Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, Australia, pp. 178-185.

Cole, Malcolm (2011) Community music education in Cairns: 1920 to 1950. In: Magnetic Resonance and Research Conversations: Proceedings of the 2010 XXXVIInd and 2011 XXXIIIrd Annual Conferences. pp. 82-100. From: 2010 ANZARME conference: magnetic resonance, 3 - 6 July 2010, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Cole, Malcolm (2011) Location, culture and technology: the uniform, random, inequitable music education system in Queensland schools, 1930 to 1940. In: Proceedings of XVIII National Conference. 19. pp. 122-127. From: XVIII National Conference: making sound waves: diversity, unity, equity, 2-5 July 2011, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.