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- 1 2 David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p321
- ↑ "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, January 1978 p252
- ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p79
- ↑ Interview with Michael Thornhill at Peter Malone site. Retrieved 15 July 2013
