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- ↑ http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=c4a56145-b706-4cfd-a188-39e1c7428196 [ dead link ]
- ↑ "US Play Adapted for ABN". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 October 1959. p. 12.
- ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 24 December 1959. p. 14.
- ↑ "For TV Screening identifier". ABC Weekly. 7 October 1959. p. 12.
