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- ↑ "Gillian Armstrong talking about her brilliant career". Filmnews . Vol. 9, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 1 October 1979. p. 10. Retrieved 3 October 2019– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p237
