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- ↑ Vagg, Stephen (23 December 2019). "Australian Film Musicals You Probably Didn't Realise Existed". Filmink.
- ↑ "Newtown Majestic – Vaudeville and Revue". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 23 August 1924. p. 16. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
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- Fitzpatrick, Peter, ''The Two Frank Thrings, Monash University, 2012
