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- ↑ "COLOUR TV NEW SERIES OF ABC COLOUR PROGRAMS". The Canberra Times . Vol. 49, no. 14, 004. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 March 1975. p. 15. Retrieved 10 February 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ 1976 TV Week Logie Awards accessed 27 June 2013
- ↑ Craig, Michael (2005). The Smallest Giant: An Actor's Life. Allen and Unwin. p. 183.
- ↑ "Port Essington". Leichardt Land.
- ↑ "Australian Biography: Interview with Peter Sculthorpe". National Film and Sound Archive.
- ↑ Hannan, Michael (2011). "SCORING ESSINGTON: Composition, Comprovisation, Collaboration" (PDF). Screen Sound.
