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- ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (3 November 1951), "RADIO PLAYS for NEXT WEEK A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, 13 (44), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1551483624, retrieved 27 September 2023– via Trove
- ↑ Bruce Moore, 'Niland, D'Arcy Francis (1917–1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/niland-darcy-francis-11242/text20049, published first in hardcopy 2000, accessed online 27 September 2023.
- ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (14 May 1955), "A Place Where You Whisper", ABC Weekly, 17 (20), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1700015849, retrieved 27 September 2023– via Trove