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- 1 2 "£100,000 SPENT." Advocate (Burnie, Tas) 5 Jan 1928: 6 accessed 6 December 2011
- ↑ "ENTERTAINMENTS EARL'S COURT". The Morning Bulletin . Rockhampton, Qld. 27 December 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 11 January 2012– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Monarch Theatre". The Muswellbrook Chronicle . NSW. 20 May 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 1 September 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ ""PETER VERNON'S SILENCE."". The Morning Bulletin . Rockhampton, Qld. 22 December 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 11 January 2012– via National Library of Australia.