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- ↑ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press 1989 p 48
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- ↑ "MOVING PICTURES". The Sunday Times . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 29 March 1914. p. 5 Supplement: SUNDAY TIMES GLOBE PICTORIAL. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
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- 1 2 3 "THE PAV'S GREAT CATCH". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 9 May 1914. p. 10 Section: SATURDAY'S NEWS SECTION. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
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