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- ↑ Dimboola at the National Film and Sound Archive
- 1 2 3 David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980. pp. 178–180
- ↑ Jack Clancy, "Dimboola", Cinema Papers , October/November 1978, pp. 99–101
- ↑ "Umbrella Entertainment – Dimboola Collector's Edition". Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ↑ "Umbrella Entertainment – Dimboola". Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2013.