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- ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p155
- ↑ "Whales and ships left waves lapping outside the window". The Canberra Times . Vol. 52, no. 14, 883. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 September 1977. p. 23. Retrieved 30 October 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Auntie on dole is pacesetter". The Age . 6 January 1977. p. 25.
- ↑ "Ned Kelly's Trial Drama". The Sydney Morning Herald . 5 September 1977. p. 13.
- ↑ "TV enactment re opens Ned's case". The Age . 8 September 1977. p. 30.
- ↑ Pryor, Dennis (10 September 1977). "Kelly trial a TV rope trick". The Age . p. 2.
- ↑ Groves, Don (11 September 1977). "Was Ned such a sinner?". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 74.
