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- 1 2 3 Rees, Leslie. "Caroline Chisholm by George Landen Dann; The Highwayman by Edmond Samuels; Worm's Eye View by R. Delderfield." Rev. of Play. Australian Quarterly June 1951: 125–27. Web.
- ↑ "Queenslanders Take Share of Honours in Cultural Activity". The Courier-mail . No. 2253. Queensland, Australia. 21 November 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Caroline Chisholm". Catholic Weekly . Vol. III, no. 113. New South Wales, Australia. 27 April 1944. p. 20. Retrieved 19 August 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Jubilee Broadcasts From 5 AD And A.B.C." The Advertiser (Adelaide) . Vol. 93, no. 28, 881. South Australia. 5 May 1951. p. 13. Retrieved 19 August 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Radio plays for next week A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, Sydney, 13 (18), 5 May 1951, retrieved 13 October 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "She wasn't so backward", ABC Weekly, Sydney, 21 (28), 15 July 1959, retrieved 13 October 2023– via Trove