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References
- ↑ "A Toast to Melba", jackhibberd.com, accessed 30 July 2013
- ↑ "Interview with Jack Hibberd", Stage Whispers, accessed 30 July 2013
- ↑ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford University Press, 1996, p. 154 ISBN 9780195539493
- ↑ "Dame Nellie Melba in counterpoint" by Jane McCredie, The Age , 31 July 1980, via Google News. Accessed 15 May 2022
- ↑ "Gold Sammy award winners". The Canberra Times . Vol. 55, no. 16, 459. Australian Capital Territory. 18 October 1980. p. 8. Retrieved 9 February 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Alan Burke, Errol Flynn and theatre adventures". The Canberra Times . Vol. 56, no. 16, 920. Australian Capital Territory. 24 January 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 9 February 2017– via National Library of Australia.