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- ↑ James Whitehand, "OBITUARIES Russell Braddon", Independent 30 March 1995 accessed 2 April 2014
- ↑ "Back From The Dead". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 29 March 1952. p. 8. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ↑ "Australian plays at the Union Theatre". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 1962. p. 6.
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- ↑ "Naked Island as play". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 January 1962. p. 6.