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- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ↑ "Drama Review: A Sound of trumpets". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 June 1964. p. 11.
- ↑ Daniels, William (13 June 1964). "TELEVISION Royal Barge". The Bulletin. p. 48.
