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- ↑ "HIGHLIGHTS OF BROADCASTS". The Newcastle Sun . No. 8054. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 19 October 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ ABC Weekly, vol. 10, Sydney, 24 April 1948, retrieved 19 October 2023– via Trove
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Collits' Inn", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 12 (27), 8 July 1950, retrieved 19 October 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "Collits' Inn is last musical comedy", ABC Weekly, Sydney, 13 (17), 28 April 1951, retrieved 19 October 2023– via Trove