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- ↑ "LIFE & LETTERS". The West Australian . Perth. 4 May 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 30 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ ""Kelly Gang" Film Began Era Of "Feature" Pictures". The Sunday Herald . Sydney. 9 October 1949. p. 9 Supplement: Features. Retrieved 30 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Lost film footage of Edwardian London discovered". The Daily Telegraph . 23 October 2008.
- ↑ "Charles Urban: Films Online". charlesurban.com. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ Ngaio Marsh: A Life by Margaret Lewis (1991) pp.38
