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- ↑ Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 157
- ↑ Wallace, Lisa (11 February 1991). "McDonald set for lots more trouble with his women". The Canberra Times . Retrieved 14 March 2016.
