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- ↑ "TV Program of War Songs". The Sydney Morning Herald . 26 April 1958. p. 4. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ "Melbourne Show". The Sydney Morning Herald . 15 September 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
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