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- ↑ Strachan, Cynthia (16 September 1959). "A "refugee" from American TV". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 27, no. 15. p. 50. Retrieved 8 February 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Thursday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age . 6 November 1959. p. 12. Retrieved 8 February 2015.