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- ↑ "Screenwriting for Film: Online - Australian Film Television and Radio School". Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ↑ Ellis, Bob; Brooksbank, Anne, 1943- (1976), Mad dog Morgan, Corgi Books
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Brooksbank, Anne (1985), Archer, Bay Books, ISBN 978-0-85835-824-9
- ↑ "Literary lovers: Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore". Radio National: Books and Arts. ABC. 17 July 2015.
