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- ↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p226
- ↑ "The Sydney Morning Herald - May 8, 1983". 8 May 1983. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ↑ "Interview with Esben Storm", Signis, 22 August 1995. Retrieved 21 November 2012