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- 1 2 "ARTHUR SHIRLEY DRAMATIC CLUB". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 22, 378. New South Wales, Australia. 5 October 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 3 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "MUSIC AND DRAMA". The Mercury. Vol. XCIII, no. 12, 479. Tasmania, Australia. 22 March 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 3 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "DRAMATIC". Pinnaroo Country News . Vol. V, no. 20. South Australia. 25 October 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 3 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Advertising". The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser . Vol. 32, no. 1676. South Australia. 25 October 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 3 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "ENTERTAINMENTS". Kalgoorlie Miner . Vol. 29, no. 7425. Western Australia. 29 March 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 3 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "MILTON-SHEFARD COMEDY CO". Geraldton Guardian . Vol. XVI, no. 4110. Western Australia. 2 January 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 3 July 2024– via National Library of Australia.