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- ↑ "TV Guide". The Sydney Morning Herald . 22 August 1966. p. 17.
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- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2023). "Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Boy with Banner, Objector and Watch It". Filmink.
