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- ↑ "Meet the Bunyip".
- ↑ "The Monster that Ate Canberra". 6 July 2014.
- ↑ Hogan, Christine (2 April 1979), "Generation gap in television for children", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Alexander Bunyip ABC 1978 to 1988. YouTube .
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- For example,
- "Today's television", The Canberra Times, 1 April 1981
- "Channel 3", The Canberra Times, 1 April 1981
- ↑ "Author Information".