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- ↑ ""ALL FOR GOLD."". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 9, 663. Victoria, Australia. 5 June 1877. p. 7. Retrieved 3 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards an Australian Drama. p. 16-17.
- ↑ "THEATRE ROYAL". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 9, 685. Victoria, Australia. 30 June 1877. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ ""ALL FOR GOLD"". The South Australian Advertiser . Vol. XX, no. 5868. South Australia. 9 August 1877. p. 6. Retrieved 3 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 32.
- ↑ ""ALL FOR GOLD" AT THE CRITERION". The Daily Telegraph . No. 6660. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 3 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ ""ALL FOR GOLD; OR, FIFTY MILLIONS OF MONEY."". The Riverine Herald . Vol. XIX, no. 3263. Victoria, Australia. 9 February 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 3 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ John Rickard, 'Hopkins, Francis Rawdon Chesney (1849–1916)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hopkins-francis-rawdon-chesney-505/text6001, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 3 May 2024.
- ↑ "LATE MR. F. R. C. HOPKINS". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 24, 506. New South Wales, Australia. 22 July 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 3 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
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