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- ↑ "PEEPS AT NEW SHOWS". The Examiner (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 22 March 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 14 March 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "ENTERTAINMENTS LIBERTY AND TIVOLI THEATRES". The Morning Bulletin . Rockhampton, Qld. 25 June 1940. p. 13. Retrieved 14 March 2015– via National Library of Australia.