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- ↑ "Advertising". The Age . No. 16, 896. Victoria, Australia. 10 May 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2020– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SALVATION ARMY CONGRESS". Geelong Advertiser . Vic. 12 May 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 29 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Australia's First Film Studio" at Salvation Army
- ↑ Bertrand, Ina (1988). Perry, Joseph Henry (1863–1943). Vol. 11. Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ Soldiers of the Cross at National Film and Sound Archive
