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Document: Deaf Mutes Married by Sign Language

Mr John O’Grady and Miss Ethel Leber married and the service was interpreted. This wouldn’t make the newspapers these days, but it seems to have been remarkable for the papers enough in 1941!

SOURCE
DEAF MUTES MARRIED BY SIGN LANGUAGE (1941, January 19). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 13, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247512421
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