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- ↑ "SPENCER'S FILM FACTORY". Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930) . Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 7 July 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FILM FACTORY". Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932) . Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 11 July 1912. p. 32. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "PLAY GOER". Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925) . Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 11 July 1912. p. 40. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "UNION MASTER PICTURES". The Sunday Times . Perth: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1925. p. 12. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ↑ "CINESOUND STUDIO". Townsville Daily Bulletin . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 10 August 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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