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- 1 2 David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980, p. 281
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 291
