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- ↑ "Advertising". The Sunday Times . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 26 August 1917. p. 21. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ↑ Everyones, Everyones Ltd, 1920, retrieved 30 May 2018
- ↑ "Advertising". Townsville Daily Bulletin . Qld.: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ↑ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press 1989 p 40
- ↑ "Advertising". The Referee . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 19 July 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 22.
- ↑ "MURPHY'S MATE". The Morning Bulletin . Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 27 July 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
