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- ↑ "Interview with Alan Burke". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ↑ "Live Telecast of Opera". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 1959. p. 13.
- ↑ Interview with Marie Tysoe
- ↑ "Live Opera on ABC". Sydney Morning Herald. 13 June 1959.
