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- ↑ "New Books". The Argus, 3 November 1900, p4. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ↑ "A New Ethel Turner Book". The Daily Telegraph, 10 November 1900, p6. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ↑ "Some Stories". The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 November 1900, p4. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ↑ "Turner, Ethel Mary (1870-1958)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 8 June 2023.