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- ↑ "Film on Briton Campaign". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 October 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 18 April 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ ""BRING OUT A BRITON"". The Australian Women's Weekly . 13 March 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 24 May 2015– via National Library of Australia.
