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- ↑ "SUNSHINE SALLY". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 8 October 1923. p. 11. Retrieved 29 July 2012– 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, 114.
- ↑ Everyones, Everyones Ltd, 1920, retrieved 18 June 2018
- ↑ "FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1924". The Narracoorte Herald . Vol. XLIX, no. 5, 008. South Australia. 29 August 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 18 June 2018– via National Library of Australia.
