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References
- ↑ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 1977. p. 13.
- ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p152
- ↑ "The case of the Wagga's butcher who claimed the baronet's title". The Age. 10 February 1977. p. 42.
- ↑ "Truth is stranger". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 February 1977. p. 72.
- ↑ "CB RADIO Skip faces short legal life". The Canberra Times . 11 November 1977. p. 21. Retrieved 30 July 2013– via National Library of Australia.
