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- ↑ "Advertising". The Sunday Times . Sydney. 26 August 1917. p. 21. Retrieved 3 October 2013– 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, 37.
- ↑ Everyones, Everyones Ltd, 1920, retrieved 30 May 2018
- 1 2 ""Thal Reminds Me..."". The Argus . Melbourne. 24 May 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 3 October 2013– via National Library of Australia.
