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- ↑ ""New Books"". The Age, 2 June 1917, p4. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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- ↑ The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature edited by Wilde, Hooton and Andrews, 2nd edition, p290
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- ↑ "Songs of a Campaign (A&R 1918 5th)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ↑ ""Leon Gellert"". AllPoetry. Retrieved 9 January 2024.