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- 1 2 Austlit - The Madeleine Heritage by Martin Boyd
- ↑ "Australian Literature Society" The Age, 8 October 1929, p13
- 1 2 "The Montfords of Melbourne : A Neglected Saga" The Age, 25 March 1933, p8
- ↑ "The Englishman in Australia : A Novelist's Theme" by Nettie Palmer The Brisbane Courier, 2 November 1929, p23