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- 1 2 3 "Greenhide" Title Details, National Film and Sound Archive Accessed on 4 December 2010.
- 1 2 "£100,000 SPENT." Advocate (Burnie, Tas) 5 Jan 1928: 6 accessed 6 December 2011
- ↑ "BRITISH FILMS". The Brisbane Courier . 24 June 1927. p. 14. Retrieved 1 August 2012– via National Library of Australia.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chauvel Carlsson, Susanne (1989) Charles & Elsa Chauvel: Movie Pioneers, University of Queensland Press
- ↑ "Chauvel, Elsa (1898–1983)", Australian Dictionary of Biography: Online Edition. Accessed on 3 December 2010.
- ↑ ""Greenhide."". Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser . Queensland. 19 November 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 1 August 2012– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton), 30 June 1926
- ↑ "COMPANY NEWS". The Brisbane Courier . 12 October 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 1 August 2012– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Heat Causes Film Fire In Strongroom". The Courier-Mail . Brisbane. 31 January 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 1 August 2012– via National Library of Australia.
