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- ↑ A Handful of Friends at AusStage
- ↑ "New Williamson play". The Canberra Times . 50 (14, 225). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 November 1975. p. 13. Retrieved 4 October 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Michael Connor, "David Williamson by Mrs Williamson" Quadrant 1 July 2009, accessed 6 August 2014
