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- ↑ "Features Drama at former vice-regal residence Hello, hello: the real men drop in". The Canberra Times . 23 December 1985. p. 21. Retrieved 24 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The saga of the man from Merrijig". The Age. 12 April 1986. p. Extra 7.
- 1 2 "Production round-up", Cinema Papers, November 1985 p48
- 1 2 Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 514-515
