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- Black, David; Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume One, 1870–1930 (Revised ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0730738140.
- Hansard Indexes for 1936-1945, "Legislature of Western Australia"
- "Special". Western Australia Government Gazette. 27 August 1936. p. 1933:1936. Also 1938:462 (24 March 1938)
