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- ↑ https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b2661051_1 Model Homes Committee picture
- ↑ State Records of western Australia collection:AU WA S72- cons3054 1941/0029 Title:Endowment lands - sale of land at Floreat Park & model homes scheme
- ↑ "MODEL HOMES". Kalgoorlie Miner . Vol. 39, no. 9824. Western Australia. 5 September 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 4 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "MODEL HOMES SCHEME". The West Australian . Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 741. Western Australia. 18 September 1933. p. 12. Retrieved 4 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Model Homes Competition". The West Australian . Vol. XLIX, no. 9, 753. Western Australia. 2 October 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Model Timber Home" (PDF). Register of Heritage Places — Assessment Documentation. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
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