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- ↑ "New writer on the scene". Papua New Guinea Post-courier . International, Australia. 24 November 1972. p. 20. Retrieved 17 October 2019– via National Library of Australia.
- 1 2 Dickins, Barry (13 May 1995). "Playing on the Water". The Age. p. 166.
- ↑ Premiere of new play, The Age, 15 August 1968, 6
- ↑ Information of original production at University of Melbourne Student Theatre Archive
- ↑ Cochrane, Peter (14 March 1997). "Williamson's World". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 15.