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- ↑ "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ↑ Australian Centre for the Moving Image. "Snows of Aorangi". Australian Centre for the Moving Image . Retrieved 6 January 2023.
