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References
- ↑ "This Week's Radio Features". The Advertiser . Vol. 87, no. 27046. Adelaide. 9 June 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 18 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Sunday", ABC Weekly, 9 June 1945, retrieved 18 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ Phil, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms. Eureka. p. 212.
- ↑ "This week's A.B.C. PLAYS on the National programmes", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 9 June 1945, retrieved 19 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "Centenary of a Search: Sturt's Last Journeys". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 33,271. 12 August 1944. p. 9. Retrieved 18 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.