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- ↑ "Town Planning". The Southern Mail. 22 November 1929.
- ↑ Freestone, Robert (2020). Designing Australia's Cities, Culture, Commerce and the City Beautiful. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000158229.
- 1 2 Foley, Neil & Freestone, Robert, David L. Davidson: early town planning reformer and administrator, 13th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference, 31 January - 3 February 2016, Gold Coast, Australia
- ↑ ""Get Out of I'll Tip You Out" - Town Planner". Mirror. 9 September 1939.
- ↑ "Cited as Pooh-bah". The West Australian. 25 September 1945.
