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- ↑ "Sydney Writer's London Stage Hit". The Sunday Herald (Sydney) . No. 196. New South Wales, Australia. 26 October 1952. p. 12. Retrieved 27 August 2023– via National Library of Australia.
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- ↑ "GEORGE HART'S RADIO NEWS". The Sun . No. 12, 526. New South Wales, Australia. 21 March 1950. p. 21 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 27 August 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Fast-moving Fight Game Serial to follow A.B.C. Sporting Session", ABC Weekly, Sydney, 12 (12), 25 March 1950, retrieved 27 August 2023– via Trove