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In 1945 and 1946 several bride trains were run in Australia to transport war brides and their children traveling to or from ships. Robyn Arrowsmith, a historian who spent nine years researching Australia's war brides, said that between 12,000 and 15,000 Australian women had married visiting U.S. servicemen and moved to the U.S. with their husbands.
October 1945: A train carrying Canadian war brides departed Brisbane for the southern states. [4] [5] February 1946: A train carrying 495 women and children from Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria to Sydney where they boarded a ship bound for the United States. [6] April 1946: A train carrying British war brides from Melbourne to ...
Australian Bride is a 1946 Australian radio serial. [1]It was written by Allison Ind, a US Colonel stationed in Australia during the war. [2]According to the ABC Weekly "the serial strives to show that strength of character leads to ultimate success and reasonable happiness in any country, and that adjustments will be required of every individual, wherever she may be.
The American diaspora includes multiple instances in which United States citizens have emigrated after marrying members of international noble or royal families. American citizens born in the United States
"Bridal Train" is a song by the Australian folk-rock band The Waifs. It was released in March 2004 as the lead single from their first live album, A Brief History.... The song is about the bride trains that ran from Perth to Sydney and Brisbane in 1945 and 1946 to allow Australian war brides to join their husbands in the United States.
Australian bride in a lace wedding dress standing beside groom in a suit outdoors. Image credits: eliza murray But questionable wardrobe choices or not, there’s no denying that Murray had an ...
Australian Americans are Americans who have Australian ancestry. [2] ... and the exodus of 15,000 Australian war brides who married U.S. servicemen. From 1971 to 1990 ...
The term picture bride refers to the practice in the early 20th century of immigrant workers (chiefly Japanese, Okinawan, and Korean) in Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States and Canada, as well as Brazil selecting brides from their native countries via a matchmaker, who paired bride and groom using only photographs and family recommendations of the possible candidates.