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- 1 2 Dr GRAEME SKINNER (University of Sydney) A biographical register of Australian colonial musical personnel–U
- ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald 22 November 1902
- ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald 28 March 1902: "Miss Usher intends going to London at the beginning of May, and will return to Australia in October."
- ↑ Stephen Pleskun (28 March 2014). A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS AND THEIR COMPOSITIONS - Vol. 4 1999-2013. Xlibris Corporation. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4931-3537-0.
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