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References
- ↑ "Three Years With Thunderbolt". The Daily Telegraph . No. 8172. New South Wales, Australia. 12 August 1905. p. 19. Retrieved 28 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Thunderbolt at AustLit
- ↑ "Theatre Royal—"Thunderbolt."". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 21, 095. New South Wales, Australia. 16 October 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 28 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Dramatic Notes". The Australasian . Vol. LXXIX, no. 2063. Victoria, Australia. 14 October 1905. p. 26. Retrieved 28 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.