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- ↑ Murray, Scott, ed. (1995). Australian Film, 1978-1994. Oxford. ISBN 0-19-553777-7.
- ↑ Fox, Judith (31 January 1985), "Warming Up good, but gets us nowhere", The Sydney Morning Herald