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References
- ↑ Original production details at AusStage
- 1 2 Leslie Rees, Australian Drama in the 1970s, Angus & Robertson, 1978 p 256-257
- ↑ Details of La Mama production at AusStage
- ↑ Norm and Ahmed at Screen Australia
