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- ↑ Britain, I. M., 'Finch, Frederick George Peter Ingle (1916–1977)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 13 February 2012
- ↑ Trader Faulkner, Peter Finch: A Biography, Angus & Robertson London 1979 p 209
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