The Premiers of Western Australia 1890-1982, G.S. Reid & M.R. Oliver, University of Western Australia Press

The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook 19th edition, David Black & John Mandy

Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia Volume Two 1930-1990

The Cyclopedia of Western Australia

Essay by Pauline Thomas

Essay by Valmai Olney

Essay by Patricia Wood

Notes by Derek Large

Government House website: www.govhouse.wa.gov.au

Who's Who in Australia 1980

Australian Encyclopedia 6th edition

Newsletters of The Government House Foundation of Western Australia

The West Australian newspaper

The Battye Library

Notes from speech by Margaret Medcalf, 1993

Notes provided by Friends of Government House