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References
- New Zealand Film 1912–1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p47 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1
- ↑ Phar Lap's Son Archived 11 September 2013 at archive.today at Film Archive
- ↑ "PICTURES AND PERSONALITIES". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas. 16 November 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 12 September 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "PICTURES AND PERSONALITIES". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas. 15 February 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 12 September 2013– via National Library of Australia.
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