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- ↑ "Programes for all Stations", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 17 (1), 26 December 1930, nla.obj-652852851, retrieved 5 January 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "MONDAY, DECEMBER 29". Observer. Vol. LXXXVII, no. 4, 566. South Australia. 25 December 1930. p. 36. Retrieved 5 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Special Broadcasting Arrangements For The Holidays". The Register News-pictorial . Vol. XCV, no. 27, 876. South Australia. 18 December 1930. p. 11. Retrieved 5 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Philp, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms: A History of Australian Radio Drama from 1920s to 1970s. pp. 84–85.
- ↑ "NEW MYSTERY PLAY". The Mail (Adelaide) . Vol. 19, no. 970. South Australia. 27 December 1930. p. 14. Retrieved 5 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.