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- ↑ "TOP STARS IN NEW TCN9 SERIES". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 20 June 1973. p. 10. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p26
- ↑ "Googie in Chekov play". The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide. 18 June 1973. p. 4.
- ↑ "Googie's stage role on television". The Age TV Guide. 4 January 1973. p. 1.
