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References
- ↑ "Notes On Radio". The Sunday Herald . No. 108. Sydney. 18 February 1951. p. 10. Retrieved 13 October 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Radio Plays of Next Week A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, 13 (7), Sydney, 17 February 1951, retrieved 13 October 2023– via Trove
- ↑ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 167.
- ↑ Papers of June Epstein at National Library of Australia