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References
- ↑ "TV Strikes Blow for Opera". The Age. 12 May 1960. p. 27.
- ↑ Interview with Jim Wilkinson, by Bob Sitsky, February 2008
- ↑ Interview with Marie Tysoe by Bob Sitsky, 29 September 2006
- ↑ Marshall, Val (14 February 1960). "TV Merry Go Round". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 94.
- ↑ "Opera on TV Sparkled". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 February 1960. p. 7.
