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- ↑ 'Wraps off Police series for "9"' Melbourne Age 13 February 1969 "TV Radio Guide" section p. 1
- ↑ "Television Society announces awards". The Canberra Times . Vol. 47, no. 13, 279. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 November 1972. p. 6. Retrieved 6 December 2022– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ This was normal practice at the time the series was made.