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War Brides, Grooms and Babies

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Every day, 10am to 4pm Thursday 23 October 2025 to Sunday 2 August

War splits families apart and throws people together. We explore stories of wartime marriages.

Featuring objects from the collection including the ‘stars and stripes’ jumper knitted by Audrey Capuano on her voyage to a new life in the USA, and a pressed gardenia corsage, memento of war time romance in Melbourne.

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