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- ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p219
- Contemporary review from Sydney Morning Herald accessed 5 August 2013 - ↑ Walsh, Geraldine (22 July 1985). "The Heidelberg School has a spell at Brideshead", The Sydney Morning Herald .
- ↑ Heidelberg School Archived 8 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine , Australia.gov.au. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
