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- ↑ "Archibald Prize finalists 1925". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ↑ "ARCHIBALD PRIZE". The Sydney Morning Herald (27, 467). New South Wales, Australia. 16 January 1926. p. 16. Retrieved 21 August 2020– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "BEST PORTRAIT". The Herald (15, 182). Victoria, Australia. 15 January 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 21 August 2020– via National Library of Australia.
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