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- ↑ "NOTES AND COMMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 6 July 1911. p. 11. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ↑ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press 1989 p41
- ↑ "KING'S PICTURE HALL". Sunday Times . Perth: National Library of Australia. 27 October 1912. p. 16 Section: First Section. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ↑ "Advertising". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 27 March 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ↑ "PLAYS PLAYERS VAUDEVILLE & MOTION PICTURES". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 May 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 15
