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References
- ↑ "Official Programmes – Maori play by Douglas Stewart", ABC Weekly, 6 (34), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 19 August 1944, retrieved 18 October 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "Poet who lived in a packing case". The Daily Telegraph . Vol. XVI, no. 67. New South Wales, Australia. 9 June 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 18 October 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Plays of the Week – Maori Heroine of Douglas Stewart Verse-Drama", ABC Weekly, 10 (46), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 13 November 1948, retrieved 18 October 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "The Red Page – A Broadcast Play", The Bulletin, 65 (3369), Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 6 Sep 1944, nla.obj-679364241, retrieved 18 October 2023– via Trove
- ↑ Rees, Leslie (1987). Australian drama, 1970-1985 : a historical and critical survey. p. 227.
- ↑ Semmler, Clement (1975). Douglas Stewart. p. 60.