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Deaf Mutes Married by Sign Language

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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 enough for the papers in 1941!

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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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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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