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- 1 2 "Social Salvation, 1898". Wayback Machine. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2001. Archived from the original on 11 February 2002. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ↑ "Social Salvation". The Telegraph . Brisbane. 18 July 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 29 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "COMMANDANT BOOTH'S VISIT". The West Australian . Perth. 14 August 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Australia's First Film Studio" Salvation Army
