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- ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 17 May 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ↑ 'Australian Chaplin Impersonator' at SilentComedians.com
- ↑ Id%3A9133;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Charlie at the Sydney Show [ permanent dead link ] at National Film and Sound Archive
- ↑ "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier . National Library of Australia. 28 July 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ Arthur Tauchert at Australian Variety Theatre Archive
- ↑ "THE MOVIES". Punch . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 18 May 1916. p. 11. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
