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- ↑ "Caine Mutiny" on TV, The Age, T.V. Supplement, 9 January 1959
- ↑ Day, Christopher (1981). "TV Drama". In Peter Beilby (ed.). Australian TV: The First 25 Years. Thomas Nelson. p. 137.
- ↑ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 1959. p. 6.
- ↑ "Caine Mutiny on TV". The Age. 8 January 1959. p. 1 (Radio and Television Supplement).
- ↑ "Little Theatre Plays Adapt Themselves on TV". The Age. 15 January 1959. p. 13.
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