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- ↑ "Women's Interests On The Air To-day Children's Party Plan". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 35, 879. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1952. p. 7 (Women's Section). Retrieved 13 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Advertising", ABC Weekly, 15 (1), Sydney, 3 January 1953, retrieved 13 December 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "Brother Sister Duettist", ABC Weekly, 15 (2), Sydney, 10 January 1953, retrieved 13 December 2023– via Trove
- ↑ ""Uncles" and "aunts" try hard to please, but..." Sunday Mail . No. 1685. Queensland, Australia. 11 January 1953. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Capri Setting for DB Serial". The Age . No. 31, 053. Victoria, Australia. 11 November 1954. p. 1 ("THE AGE" RADIO SUPPLEMENT). Retrieved 13 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.