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References
- ↑ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
- ↑ BFI.org
- ↑ Andrew Urban, "PARKER, DAVID: DIANA & ME", Urban Cinefile Archived 13 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 19 November 2012
- ↑ "Interview with David Parker", Signet, 10 September 1998. Retrieved 19 November 2012
