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- ↑ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. April 29, 1968. p. 21.
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- ↑ "Salome Gets Her Man". The Age. 25 April 1968. p. 23.
- ↑ Peter Fitzpatrick, 'Thring, Francis William (Frank) (1926–1994)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/thring-francis-william-frank-19779/text31056, published online 2018, accessed online 12 February 2020.
- ↑ "A.B.C. WEDNESDAY THEATRE Bible yields a Wilde drama". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 April 1968. p. 15. Retrieved 11 February 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ "Cast as Juliet". The Age. 6 July 1967. p. 25.
- ↑ Robinson, Harry (May 2, 1968). "A Salome without passion". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 10.
- ↑ "Teletopics". The Age TV Radio Supplement. 9 May 1968. p. 2.
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