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- ↑ "Wowsers Hounded the Phantom". The Argus (Melbourne) . Victoria, Australia. 20 December 1956. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2022– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Victoria". Kalgoorlie Western Argus . Vol. XII, no. 595. Western Australia. 15 May 1906. p. 32. Retrieved 15 January 2022– via National Library of Australia.