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- 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 309
- ↑ "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, June–July 1976 p62
- ↑ Summer of Secrets at New York Times
- ↑ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p164-165
- ↑ The West Australian