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References
- ↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 90
- ↑ Nick Roddick, "For deaf, read Italian", Cinema Papers, September 1985 pp. 13–14
- ↑ "Whitely to star in film". The Canberra Times . Vol. 58, no. 17, 744. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 April 1984. p. 18. Retrieved 29 August 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Scott Murray, "Blowing Hot and Cold", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p. 265
