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- ↑ "New Pieces produced at the Melbourne Theatres &c. during 1880". The Lorgnette . Vol. XX, no. 1520. Victoria, Australia. 7 February 1881. p. 2 (Edition 1). Retrieved 3 May 2024– via National Library of Australia.
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