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- ↑ "'Dam Busters' From 5 AD tomorrow". The Advertiser (Adelaide) . Vol. 96, no. 29, 794. South Australia. 10 April 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 13 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
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- ↑ Philp, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Radio Drama in Australia from 1920s to 1970s. Eureka. p. 402-403.
- ↑ "GEORGE HART'S Radio Round- up". The Sun. No. 13, 813. New South Wales, Australia. 21 May 1954. p. 15 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 14 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "AROUND THE DIAL". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XIX, no. 87. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 14 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.