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References
- ↑ "The October Child by Eleanor Spence". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ↑ ""CBCA Awards Judges' Report 1977"" (PDF). CBCA. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ↑ Innocence & Experience: Essays on Contemporary Australian Children's Writers by Walter McVitty, Nelson, 1981, p88