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- ↑ "Birtles, Commonwealth Wanderer Now Cast in "That Certain Something"". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 3 August 1940. p. 12. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ↑ "More Australian Films". The Courier-Mail . Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 25 April 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ↑ "Badger With Argosy". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 11 May 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ↑ "Megan Edwards Girl in Fruit Factory: Now Badger Star". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 February 1941. p. 20. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
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- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN HISTORY". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 5 September 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
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- ↑ "FILM REVIEWS". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 26 May 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2012.