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- 1 2 "Advertising". The Referee . Sydney. 6 August 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 9 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "CORRIMAL". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus . NSW. 24 October 1913. p. 14. Retrieved 9 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Stevenson,s star Pictures". The National Advocate . Bathurst, NSW. 11 February 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "MOVING PICTURES". The Referee . Sydney. 27 August 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 9 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
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