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- ↑ "Australia's First Film Studio" at Salvation Army
- ↑ "SALVATION ARMY ENTERTAINMENT". Wagga Wagga Express (NSW : 1879 - 1917) . NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 July 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ↑ "THE SALVATION ARMY". Wagga Wagga Express (NSW : 1879 - 1917) . NSW: National Library of Australia. 30 July 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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