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- ↑ ""PHANTOM GOLD"". Singleton Argus . NSW: National Library of Australia. 21 June 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "AMUSEMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 24 September 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "MINING EXPEDITION". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 20 April 1936. p. 6. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- 1 2 3 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p178
- ↑ "PAINTED UP FOR BUSH FILM". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 4 July 1936. p. 33. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "ABORIGINES ATTACK GOLD SEARCHERS". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 June 1936. p. 15. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ "HUMMERSTON'S "WILD NATIVES"". The Barrier Miner . Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 3 July 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ ""PHANTOM GOLD."". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 27 September 1937. p. 6. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ Michael Adams, Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies : a film critic's year-long quest to find the worst movie ever made.New York : Itbooks, 2010. ISBN 978-0-06-180629-2 (p.144)
