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- 1 2 David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p268-269
- ↑ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 24 October 2012
- ↑ McLennan, Don (20 November 1987), Slate, Wyn & Me (Action, Crime, Drama), Sigrid Thornton, Simon Burke, Martin Sacks, FGH, Film Victoria, Hemdale, retrieved 7 March 2024
