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- ↑ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 13
- ↑ Beyond My Reach at National Film and Sound Archive
- ↑ "Frank Howson faces life after children's musicals". The Age. 11 January 1983. p. 10.
- ↑ "Producer and Writer Frank Howson on Laura Branigan, the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, the Art of Creation and more…". Cult Film Alley. 13 July 2019.
- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (21 February 2024). "Frank Howson: The Unsung Auteur". Filmink.
