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- ↑ ABC - "A Place To Think: From the Tropics to the Snow"
- ↑ "Praise for Australian film award winners". The Canberra Times . Vol. 39, no. 11, 161. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 May 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 31 May 2016– via National Library of Australia.
