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- ↑ "Advertising". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 30 December 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 67
- ↑ "Advertising". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 30 September 1916. p. 8. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ ""REMORSE."". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 December 1916. p. 8. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ R.J. Noye, 'Silent Films Made in South Australia'
- ↑ ""REMORSE."". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 January 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
