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- ↑ "PRODUCTION OF MOVING PICTURES-- IN AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA". Australian Town and Country Journal . Vol. XCVIII, no. 2555. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1918. p. 20. Retrieved 21 November 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Advertising". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 17 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ↑ Franklyn Barrett papers at National Film and Sound Archive
- ↑ "AMUSEMENTS". The Register . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 May 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p35
