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- ↑ "COMPACT". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 21 June 1978. p. 57. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ "Interview with Brian Trenchard-Smith", Ithaca, 26 November 2012 accessed 3 February 2013
