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- ↑ "Puppy Love" by Rachael Turk, Inside Film, Issue No. 80, September 2005.
- ↑ IMDB, Melbourne Independent Filmmakers, Australian Film Commission directory
- ↑ Kieran Galvin, Melbourne Independent Filmmakers profile
