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- ↑ ""HERALD'S" NEW SERIAL". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 30, 620. New South Wales, Australia. 22 February 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 8 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Geoffrey Serle, 'Hatfield, William (1892–1969)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hatfield-william-6598/text11359, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 8 March 2024.
- ↑ "BIG TIMBER". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 30, 622. New South Wales, Australia. 25 February 1936. p. 4. Retrieved 8 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Hatfield, William (18 November 1936). ""Reviewed Briefly"". The Bulletin. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ↑ "TO SEE HITLER AND MUSSOLINI". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. II, no. 167. New South Wales, Australia. 2 October 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 8 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Ten New Australian Films". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 27, 833. Victoria, Australia. 2 November 1935. p. 26. Retrieved 8 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Notes on the Screen". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 27, 836. Victoria, Australia. 6 November 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 8 March 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Hatfield, William (30 October 1935). ""Cinesound Plans Reveal 14 Features for 1936 Production U.S. DIRECTOR FOR FOUR OUTDOOR SUBJECTS: KEN G. HALL STARTS FIRST DECEMBER 1."". Everyones. p. 5. Retrieved 18 April 2024.