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- ↑ "AACTA - The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 15 December 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "AFI Non-feature award winners: 1958-2010" (PDF). Australian Film Institute (AFI). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ↑ Winners and nominees by year:
- 1983: "AACTA - Past Winners - 1980-1989 - 1983". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- 1984: "AACTA - Past Winners - 1980-1989 - 1984". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- 1985: "AACTA - Past Winners - 1980-1989 - 1985". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- 1986: "AACTA - Past Winners - 1980-1989 - 1986". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 9 January 2012.