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- ↑ "ALEXANDRA THEATRE". The Record . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 27 June 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- 1 2 Katherine Brisbane, Entertaining Australia: An Illustrated History p 118
- ↑ "Advertising". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 11 May 1891. p. 12. Retrieved 7 September 2013.