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- 1 2 3 "Advertising". Sunday Times. No. 1515. New South Wales, Australia. 31 January 1915. p. 16. Retrieved 6 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "PICTURE SHOWS". The Sun. No. 622. New South Wales, Australia. 28 February 1915. p. 19. Retrieved 6 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 52
- ↑ "Advertising". The Sun. No. 622. New South Wales, Australia. 28 February 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 6 January 2024– via National Library of Australia.
