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- ↑ "Odd Bits And Pieces", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 37 (11), March 14, 1942, nla.obj-725934527, retrieved 18 November 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "Local and General". Sunraysia Daily . Vol. 22, no. 137. Victoria, Australia. 24 March 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 18 November 2023– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "GOOD FUN IN EDWARDS PRODUCTION", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, July 5, 1941, nla.obj-721538270, retrieved 20 February 2024– via Trove
- ↑ "Our Readers Write – Or Wrong", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, 36 (46), November 15, 1941, nla.obj-722445439, retrieved 18 November 2023– via Trove
- ↑ "Colorful New Radio Comedy To Be Released". Sunraysia Daily . Vol. 21, no. 224. Victoria, Australia. 4 July 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 18 November 2023– via National Library of Australia.