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- ↑ Guy Hastings Archived 2 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine at National Film and Sound Archive
- ↑ "GUY HASTINGS DEAD". Townsville Daily Bulletin . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 17 March 1941. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ "Benefit For Guy Hastings, Stage Star". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 1 February 1941. p. 19. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ "THE LAST NIGHT". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 28 December 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ "I AM BLIND". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 May 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ↑ ""BOUGHT AND PAID FOR."". The Register . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 11 January 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
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