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- ↑ "Australian T.V.Film". The Sydney Morning Herald . 9 October 1952. p. 7 Section: Women's section. Retrieved 30 August 2015– via National Library of Australia.
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- ↑ "NT DOCUMENTARY". The Northern Standard . Darwin, NT. 17 October 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 30 August 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Robinson, Lee (15 August 1976). "Lee Robinson" (Oral history). Interviewed by Graham Shirley. National Film and Sound Archive.
