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- ↑ "THE ADELPHI". The Daily Telegraph. No. 10105. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Williams, Margaret (1983). Australia on the popular stage, 1829-1929 : an historical entertainment in six acts. Oxford University Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-19-554398-8.
- ↑ "ADELPHI THEATRE". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 23, 013. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN IDEALS". The Daily Telegraph. No. 13, 524. New South Wales, Australia. 14 September 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "SYDNEY SHOWS". Punch. Vol. CXV, no. 2933. Victoria, Australia. 12 October 1911. p. 37. Retrieved 2 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.