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- ↑ "Play not vulgar". The Argus (Melbourne) . No. 32, 089. Victoria, Australia. 8 July 1949. p. 8. Retrieved 4 June 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Radio Roundabou". News. Vol. 53, no. 8, 083. South Australia. 2 July 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 4 June 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (25 June 1949), "BOY FROM THE NEVER-NEVER", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1352890627, retrieved 4 June 2024– via Trove