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- ↑ "ON AND OFF THE STAGE". Table Talk . Melbourne. 20 November 1902. p. 16. Retrieved 26 October 2014– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "AMUSEMENTS. CRITERION.—"POWER OF WEALTH."". The Sydney Morning Herald . 20 August 1900. p. 9. Retrieved 8 September 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "LAST NIGHT'S AMUSEMENTS". The Sunday Times . Sydney. 19 August 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 26 October 2014– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "CRITERION—"THE POWER OF WEALTH". The Referee . Sydney. 22 August 1900. p. 10. Retrieved 26 October 2014– via National Library of Australia.
