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- ↑ "NEW BOOKS". Weekly Times. No. 3998. Victoria, Australia. 30 January 1946. p. 14. Retrieved 16 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "New Books". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 15 December 1945. p. 5 (STUMPS SCORES). Retrieved 16 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "BOOKS". Catholic Weekly . Vol. IV, no. 200. New South Wales, Australia. 27 December 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 16 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Books of the Day--Cont". The Age . No. 28294. Victoria, Australia. 29 December 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 16 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.