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- ↑ Jones, Dave (1 January 1974). "David Williamson". Cinema Papers. No. 1. p. 8.
- ↑ Dow, Steve (11 January 2020). "David Williamson on retirement, politics and critics: 'For years I couldn't go to an opening night'". The Guardian.
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- 1 2 3 4 Cochrane, Peter (14 March 1997). "Williamson's World". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 15.
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- ↑ "Background to Third World Blues", Performing Arts Collection Archived 2011-03-31 at the Wayback Machine accessed 26 Oct 2012