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- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink .
- ↑ "MONDAY". The Canberra Times . 2 October 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 6 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "TWIN STARS' HOLIDAY AT HOME". The Australian Women's Weekly . 9 August 1967. p. 45. Retrieved 6 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (11 October 2020). "Barry Creyton Live!". Filmink .
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