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- ↑ "COMPANIES' PLANS". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 3 January 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 16 February 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "FOUR LOCAL FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 3 January 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 16 February 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "FOUR LOCAL FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 13 March 1940. p. 13. Retrieved 16 February 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Film Plan For Australia". Barrier Daily Truth . Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 3 July 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 23 November 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 1 January 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 19 February 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "THE NEWS REEL". Western Mail . Perth: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 16 February 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
