ADB online 12 Sep. 2012 (Sir John Alexander Ferguson (1881-1969), bibliographer and judge, was born on 15 December 1881 at Invercargill, New Zealand; moved to Sydney, N.S.W. in 1894; B.A., 1902; LL.B., 1905; D.Litt., 1955, Univ. of Sydney; barrister; judge of the N.S.W. Industrial Commission 1936-1951, retired; interested in Australian bibliography from ca. 1907; d. 17 May 1969, in Sydney, N.S.W.)
Aus. nat. bibl., 1982 (Ferguson, John Alexander, 1881-1969)
LC data base, 10-23-84 (hdg.: Ferguson, John Alexander, Sir, 1881-1969; usage: John Alexander Ferguson; variant: Sir John Ferguson)
Monash Univ. Lib. The Monash Univ. Lib. suppl. to John Alexander Ferguson's Bib. of Aus., 1980 [i.e. 1981] t.p. (John Alexander Ferguson)
Dic. of Aus. bio., 1949 Johns, F. Aus. bio. dic., 1934.