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- 1 2 "Always Afternoon (1988)". The Screen Guide. Screen Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 59
- ↑ Series at Ross Watson Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine accessed 3 August 2013
