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- ↑ Pierce, Peter (23 September 2006), "Gaining in translation", The Age
- ↑ Stubbings, Diane (19 August 2006), "All-absorbing look at search for an elusive dream", The Canberra Times
- ↑ Ley, James (19 August 2006), "The island in the mind", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ↑ Tucker, Genevieve (6 September 2006), "Fraught between two worlds", The Australian
