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- ↑ IMDb awards
- ↑ Richard Brennan, "Wendy Hughes", Cinema Papers, October 1982 p429-432
- ↑ Interview with Bob Ellis, 13 August 1996. Retrieved 14 October 2012
- ↑ "Umbrella Entertainment". Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW.: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 267. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.
