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References
- ↑ "What makes Dawn tick?". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 16 December 1964. p. 19. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Dawn sets the record straight.(Local)", The Australian: 003, 1 June 2001, retrieved 9 January 2012
- ↑ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p111
- ↑ Robinson, Lee (15 August 1976). "Lee Robinson" (Oral history). Interviewed by Graham Shirley. National Film and Sound Archive.
- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (6 May 2023). "Forgotten Australian TV Series: Adventure Unlimited". Filmink.
- ↑ "Double helping of Project '64". The Canberra Times . National Library of Australia. 21 December 1964. p. 23. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ Pat Gillespie, "Joy Cavill", Cinema Papers, May 1990 p79
