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- ↑ "AACTA Awards. Winners & Nominees". AACTA.org. Australian Film Institute. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ↑ Veerhuis, Jennifer (26 August 2016), "Veteran actor Tony Llewellyn-Jones' early life inspired a lifetime of travel", The Daily Telegraph
- 1 2 Anderson, Doug (5 July 1993), "Just perfect for the practice", Sydney Morning Herald
- ↑ "Proving a stage life", The Canberra Times, 15 February 2005
