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References
- ↑ "GLOBE THEATRE". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 4 October 1924. p. 20. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- 1 2 "FILM INDUSTRY". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 20 June 1927. p. 14. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 122.
- ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 18 December 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ Daughter of the East at National Film and Sound Archive
