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- ↑ ""POSSUM PADDOCK."". The Sydney Morning Herald . 29 January 1921. p. 15. Retrieved 8 April 2012– via National Library of Australia.
- 1 2 Ina Bertrand, 'Celebrating Kate Howarde', Senses of Cinema, August 2002
- ↑ ""POSSUM' PADDOCKS."". The Sydney Morning Herald . 8 September 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 7 April 2012– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "King's—"Possum Paddock."". The Argus . Melbourne. 3 November 1919. p. 8. Retrieved 8 April 2012– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Possum Paddock / play written, produced and presented by Kate Howarde". State Library Victoria (Australia) (Theatre Programmes Collection). Table Talk Print. 1919. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 103
