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- ↑ "Featured in New DB, AW Serials". The Age . No. 29, 938. Victoria, Australia. 12 April 1951. p. 1 ("THE AGE" RADIO SUPPLEMENT). Retrieved 13 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "NEW DB DRAMA SERIES BY LOCAL SCRIPTER". The Age . No. 29, 938. Victoria, Australia. 12 April 1951. p. 1 ("THE AGE" RADIO SUPPLEMENT). Retrieved 13 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "MUST ALL RADIO TOUGHS BE FOREIGNERS?". The Sun . No. 13984. New South Wales, Australia. 7 December 1954. p. 33 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 13 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.