Bibliography

Books

• Johnston, Jim Ballantyne's inferno, 18 Nov. 1947 J. Johnstone, 1992.
• King, M. After the war: New Zealand since 1945. Wilson and Horton, 1988.
• Morris, B. Darkest days. Wilson and Horton, 1987.
• New Zealand Parliament. Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1948. vol. V, H-47.
• Phillips, A. A. Always ready. New Zealand Fire Service, 1985.
• Those were the days; a nostalgic look at the 1940s from the pages of the Weekly News. Moa Publications, 1988.
• Walker, G. G. The Ballantynes' fire disaster. Gordon G. Walker 1983.

Periodicals

• New Zealand Weekly News.
• The Press.
• The Star.
• The Star-Sun.

Online resources

Ballantyne’s Fire

Interactive graphics and archive footage relating to the Ballantynes’ Fire. Nancy Swarbrick. ‘Fires and fire services – Fires in the 1940s’, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 10–Jul–13
URL: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/21873/ballantynes-fire