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- ↑ "Saturday March 12", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 31 (10), Sydney: Wireless Press, March 11, 1938, retrieved 6 November 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "CANBERRA COMMEMORATION FEATURES". The Canberra Times . Vol. 12, no. 3270. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 March 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 6 November 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Coming on the air", ABC Weekly, 6 (11), Sydney, 11 March 1944, retrieved 6 November 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "Sunday, March 12", ABC Weekly, 6 (11), Sydney, 11 March 1944, retrieved 6 November 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "Saturday March 12", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 31 (10), Sydney: Wireless Press, March 11, 1938, retrieved 6 November 2023– via Trove