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- 1 2 "The Picture World". Table Talk . Melbourne. 8 September 1927. p. 29. Retrieved 18 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Mary Bateman, 'W. J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p 174
- ↑ "The Picture World". Table Talk . Melbourne. 8 September 1927. p. 29. Retrieved 26 October 2014– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Endean, Lin (13 December 1933). "134 Years in the Industry: The Perrys' Record identifier". Everyones. p. 44.
- ↑ "AT POVERTY POINT". The Bulletin. 6 September 1917.
- ↑ "LIFE & LETTERS". The West Australian . Perth. 4 May 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 16 September 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 25.
- ↑ "Film Year Book: The 1922–23 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures" p 171 Retrieved 24 June 2015
- ↑ "Sam Crew Enters 'When London Sleeps' Controversy". Everyones. 12 October 1932. p. 19.
- ↑ "Motion Picture News - Lantern: Search, Visualize & Explore the Media History Digital Library".
