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- ↑ O'Neill, Ryan (July 2018). The Drover's Wives: 99 Reinterpretations of Henry Lawson's Australian Classic. Brio. ISBN 9781925589290.
- ↑ Nan Musgrove (18 September 1968). "The Bush for Rolf – section: Killing a snake with conviction". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 36, no. 16. p. 15. Retrieved 7 May 2019– via Trove, National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The Drover's Wife media release". Belvoir St Theatre. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ Hennessy, Kate (22 September 2016). "The Drover's Wife review – plot twist leaves Australian classic spinning on its axis". The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ Blake, Elissa (17 September 2016). "Leah Purcell pulls no punches in her new show The Drover's Wife". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ "Film Grid - SXSW Online 2021". SXSW. 2021. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ "The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson: behind the scenes". Screen Australia . 26 April 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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