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- ↑ Ed Carmel Dwyer, "SPOTLIGHT", Sydney Morning Herald, 25 January 1994 p 24
- ↑ "Music company Mushrooms into feature player" Hollywood Reporter, 4 April 1995 p 1
- ↑ Brendan Swift, 'Fabinyi departs Mushroom Pictures', If Magazine, 16 Oct 2009 accessed 11 August 2012
