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War Brides, Grooms and Babies

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Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
2 Murray Street, Sydney NSW 2000
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Every day, 10am to 4pm Thursday 23 October to Sunday 2 August 2026

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Free

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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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