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- ↑ "OBITUARY: Hal Lashwood The father of Actors Eauity". The Canberra Times . Vol. 66, no. 20, 803. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 March 1992. p. 4. Retrieved 3 November 2019– via National Library of Australia.
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