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- ↑ "Advertising". Referee. No. 1314. New South Wales, Australia. 10 January 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 26 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 23, 139. New South Wales, Australia. 11 March 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p33
- ↑ "Theatrical Gazette". Referee . No. 1315. New South Wales, Australia. 17 January 1912. p. 15. Retrieved 26 February 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . 1 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 23 March 2012– via National Library of Australia.
