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- ↑ "Remembering Sheila Florence". The Age. 24 November 1991. p. 27.
- ↑ Tom Ryan, "Making Silence Speak: Interview with Paul Cox", Cinema Papers, July 1977 p18
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 299
