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References
- ↑ "Has Five Plays in Competition", The Wireless Weekly, July 6, 1940, retrieved 9 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "Two New Real-Life Story Plays this Week", ABC Weekly, 29 June 1940, retrieved 9 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "Playwrights of Australia Success Early in Life", The Wireless Weekly, November 16, 1940, retrieved 9 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "Features". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser . Vol. XXXIV, no. 1901. 8 November 1940. p. 12. Retrieved 9 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Sixteen Productions in ABC Play Competition", ABC Weekly, 29 June 1940, retrieved 9 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "A.B.C. 1940 Play Competition", ABC Weekly, 5 October 1940, retrieved 9 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "Australia on the Air", ABC Weekly, 16 November 1940, retrieved 9 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "Sunday—June 30", ABC Weekly, 29 June 1940, retrieved 9 February 2024– via Trove