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- ↑ ""SCOBIE" BREASLEY". Townsville Daily Bulletin . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 9 January 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "ABC COMING FEATURES". Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 5 February 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ Terrible Hollow at Genome
- ↑ Captain Starlight at Genome
- ↑ Great Cattle Theft at Genome