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- ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 12, 1941), "ABORIGINAL FOLK LORE IN SERIAL", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 36 (15), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714853077, retrieved 27 September 2023– via Trove
- ↑ ""THE SEARCH FOR THE GOLDEN BOOMERANG"". Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh . New South Wales, Australia. 3 April 1941. p. 5. Retrieved 27 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League. (May 10, 1941), "Australian Aborigines In Radio Serial", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 36 (19), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714875484, retrieved 27 September 2023– via Trove
- ↑ Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 5, 1941), "STRANGE TALES OF ABORIGINES IN SERIAL "Search For Golden Boomerang" Entailed Research", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 36 (14), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714837504, retrieved 27 September 2023– via Trove