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- 1 2 "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
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- ↑ Hoskin, Dave (2006), "Telling Mythical Tales: A Conversation with Jeremy Sims about 'Last Train to Freo'", Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine (150): 22–27, ISSN 0312-2654
- ↑ Taylor Media, (production company.); Longway Films, (production company.); Pork Chop Productions, (production company.) (2006), Last train to Freo, Taylor Media and Pork Chop Productions, retrieved 19 December 2023
