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- ↑ BFI.org
- ↑ Wilcox p57-58
- ↑ "AMUSEMENTS. HIS MAJESTY'S". The Mercury . Vol. CXXII, no. 17, 865. Tasmania. 22 January 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2017– via National Library of Australia.
