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- 1 2 3 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p257
- ↑ BFI.org
- ↑ Bellbird Archived 14 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine at Australian Soap Archive
- ↑ ""LANE END" should please "Bellbird" fans". The Australian Women's Weekly . 8 December 1971. p. 10. Retrieved 23 September 2012– via National Library of Australia.
