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- 1 2 "EMPIRE EXHIBITION". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 8 November 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ↑ "Screening Australia". Smith's Weekly . Vol. V, no. 43. New South Wales, Australia. 15 December 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 5 December 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "IMMIGRATION". Farmers' Advocate . No. 353. Victoria, Australia. 9 November 1923. p. 1. Retrieved 11 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "ADVERTISING TASMANIA". The Daily Telegraph . Vol. XLIV, no. 60. Tasmania, Australia. 10 March 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 5 December 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Screening Australia". Smith's Weekly . Vol. V, no. 43. New South Wales, Australia. 15 December 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 25 August 2024– via National Library of Australia.
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