A heartwarming collection of personal accounts from Australia's forgotten migrants.
With so many Australians serving overseas during both World Wars, it was inevitable that service men and women would find romance where they were posted. Many of these romances led to marriage.
A good will act was passed in 1917 recognising this and provided free passage to overseas wives and children of soldiers. At the end of World War 1, brides from Britain, France and the Middle East took advantage of this provision. This continued after World War 2 and included brides from Greece, Italy, Asia and the Pacific.
In 1997 a small group of women, calling themselves the War Brides' Association organised a 50 year reunion and the response was overwhelming. To mark the event a book was put together to retain the memories and first impressions that these war brides had when they left the countries of their birth and arrived in Sydney to meet their new husbands and fiancees.
This is a heartwarming collection of reminiscences of some of the many overseas war brides who, as young girls, married Australian servicemen and made their homes Australia. It is a celebration of the pioneer spirit and an insight into a large group of "migrants" who have largely been forgotten.
