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- ↑ Stephen Vagg, 'Finch, fry and factories: a brief history of Mercury Theatre,' Australasian Drama Studies, 50, Apr 2007, 18-35
- ↑ 'The Black Museum: Murder Most English', By Thomas "Ratman" Swafford, Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club, 2010
- ↑ 'AM celebrates 35 years of radio current affairs broadcasting', ABC News Online, Wednesday, September 4, 2002
- ↑ "Famous Aust. Theatre Stars to Visit Bathurst". The National Advocate . Bathurst, NSW. 7 October 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 25 July 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Advertising". The Courier-Mail . Brisbane. 19 March 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 25 July 2015– via National Library of Australia.
