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- ↑ "Will Advise Playwrights". The Daily Telegraph . Vol. III, no. 205. New South Wales, Australia. 16 November 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 24 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The Doll and the Umbrella", The Bulletin, 78 (4056), Sydney, N.S.W.: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 6 November 1957, retrieved 24 July 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "THE DRAMA IN AUSTRALIA". The West Australian . Vol. 55, no. 16, 553. Western Australia. 22 July 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Playwrights' Parade". The Sun . No. 11, 303. New South Wales, Australia. 15 April 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 24 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Women Win Main Playwright Prizes". The Daily Telegraph . Vol. IX, no. 291. New South Wales, Australia. 8 March 1945. p. 11. Retrieved 24 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Music and Drama". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 33, 451. New South Wales, Australia. 10 March 1945. p. 8. Retrieved 24 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Queensland Playwright Wins Prize". The Courier-mail . No. 2933. Queensland, Australia. 17 April 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 24 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Stage Play Competition". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 34, 312. New South Wales, Australia. 11 December 1947. p. 16. Retrieved 24 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "A.B.C. Week of Australian Plays", ABC Weekly, 18 (10), Sydney, 10 March 1956, retrieved 24 July 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "Australian Plays For Stage", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (11), Sydney: Wireless Press, March 16, 1940, retrieved 24 July 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "Playwrights' Advisory Board", The Bulletin, 74 (3805), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 14 Jan 1953, retrieved 24 July 2023– via Trove