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- 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p239
- ↑ Bruce Hodson, 'The Carlton Ripple and the Australian Film Revival', Screening the Past 2008 Archived 18 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 4 Sept 2012
- ↑ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p275
- ↑ https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/melbourne-international-film-festival-miff-2022/pudding-thieves-miff-70/
