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- 1 2 Richard Brennan, 'Bob Ellis, Cinema Papers, Oct-Nov 1980 p 319
- ↑ Richard Brennan, 'Bob Ellis, Cinema Papers, Oct-Nov 1980 p 316
- ↑ "Dilemma of a Woman at 30", The Age, 19 March 1981. Retrieved 23 October 2012
- ↑ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p320
- ↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p111
- ↑ AWGIE Award Winners 1968-2006. Retrieved 23 October 2012