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- ↑ "TO BIRTH OF JEFFERY BLACKBURN". The Independent. No. 2445. 16 January 1941. p. 7. Retrieved 27 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Max Afford and his Plays", ABC Weekly (Vol. 2 No. 19 (11 May 1940)), nla.obj-1370253175, retrieved 27 December 2023
- ↑ "New Thriller Serial By Max Afford For National Relay", The Wireless Weekly : The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 35 No. 18 (May 4, 1940)), nla.obj-718461788, retrieved 27 December 2023
- ↑ "Drug addict's struggle back to happiness". The Sun. No. 12, 681. New South Wales, Australia. 19 September 1950. p. 23 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 27 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "RADIO ROUNDABOUT". The Mail (Adelaide) . Vol. 40, no. 2, 002. South Australia. 14 October 1950. p. 31. Retrieved 27 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
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