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- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN-MADE BOOKS". Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930) . Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 3 April 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST PUBLISHING BUSINESS". Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930) . Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 2 November 1924. p. 4. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "The Shilling Novel". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) . Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 23 August 1952. p. 14. Retrieved 1 December 2015.