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- 1 2 "EAST LYNNE". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 2 May 1922. p. 10. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 113.
