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- ↑ "Children's play enjoyed by capacity house". The Daily Telegraph . Vol. XI, no. 34. New South Wales, Australia. 16 July 1950. p. 53. Retrieved 16 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The Little Theatre – In Australia She Knows Her Children", ABC Weekly, 12 (31), Sydney, 5 August 1950, nla.obj-1503374223, retrieved 16 September 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "News and Gossip – Children's Theatre... Two Musical Comedies TV Writers' Guild... A Pearling Film", ABC Weekly, 15 (30), Sydney, 25 July 1953, nla.obj-1549652894, retrieved 16 September 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "PRODUCER SURVEYS THE THEATRE... Fervour, Warmth Needed In Stage Plays For Australians". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 36, 507. New South Wales, Australia. 23 December 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Field Marshal as TV 'star'-talks on birds". The Herald . No. 24, 206. Victoria, Australia. 27 December 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 16 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ ""Smugglers Beware!"". The Sunday Herald (Sydney) . No. 78. New South Wales, Australia. 23 July 1950. p. 1 (Playtime). Retrieved 16 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Smuggling Serial". The Canberra Times . Vol. 38, no. 10, 764. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 February 1964. p. 31. Retrieved 16 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.