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- ↑ "New play by Ray Mathew". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 August 1958. p. 4.
- ↑ "Spring Song of Outback in London". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 32, no. 25. Australia, Australia. 18 November 1964. p. 13. Retrieved 26 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Sydney Playwright's London Opening – A spring song fell with a thud". The Canberra Times . Vol. 39, no. 10, 964. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 September 1964. p. 21. Retrieved 26 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "This may bring a tear in Sydney". Evening Standard. 29 September 1964. p. 4.
- ↑ "Festival presents a spring song". The Ottawa Citizen. 8 May 1965. p. 114.