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- ↑ Sandy Graham. "Memories of Irene Mitchell". Theatre Heritage Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ↑ ""The Miser" Coming to Theatre Royal". Camperdown Chronicle . Vol. LXXV, no. 4093. Victoria, Australia. 8 May 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 24 April 2023– via National Library of Australia.
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