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- ↑ "MAY GO TO AMERICA". The Courier-Mail . Brisbane. 5 October 1938. p. 1 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 23 July 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "LOCAL TALENT FOR HOLLYWOOD". The Courier-Mail . Brisbane. 19 October 1938. p. 4 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 23 July 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Brisbane Diary". The Courier-Mail . Brisbane. 3 November 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 23 July 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "After The Screen Test Comes". The Courier-Mail . Brisbane. 3 November 1938. p. 6 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 23 July 2013– via National Library of Australia.
