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- ↑ "From The "Scribe's" Book Case". The Mercury . Vol. CLX, no. 23, 018. Tasmania, Australia. 9 September 1944. p. 10. Retrieved 18 October 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Six One-acters", The Bulletin, John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues)., 65 (3374), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 11 Oct 1944, retrieved 18 October 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "Programme Hightlights – What's on This Week", ABC Weekly, 7 (33), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 18 August 1945, retrieved 18 October 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "The Week's Plays Over the A.B.C.", ABC Weekly, 12 (16), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 22 April 1950, retrieved 18 October 2023– via Trove
- ↑ Rees, Leslie (1953). Towards An Australian Drama. p. 102.