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- ↑ "Author Wins Two Prizes". The Age. No. 30, 007. Victoria, Australia. 2 July 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 27 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Radio". South Coast Times And Wollongong Argus. Vol. LI, no. 67. New South Wales, Australia. 3 September 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.