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- ↑ "PICTURE SHOWS". The Sun. No. 542. New South Wales, Australia. 17 August 1913. p. 22. Retrieved 7 January 2024– 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, p 39
- ↑ "MONARCH PICTURES". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1892 – 1927) . NSW. 23 June 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 14 April 2012– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Australian Notes". Motion Picture World. 10 February 1917. p. 845.
