Audrey Capuano b. 1925

Also known as Audrey Westley
  • Artist
Knitter and one of between twelve and fifteen thousand Australian women and children who travelled to the United States between 1946 and 1947 as part of 'Operation War Bride', a US government initiative which reunited Australian war brides with their American partners.
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Citations

  • Darian-Smith, K. (1990), 'On the Home Front: Melbourne in Wartime 1939-1945’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Moore, J. H. (1981), 'Over Sexed, Over Paid and Over Here’, Brisbane, Qld.

  • Potts, A.; and Strauss, L. (1987), 'For the Love of a Soldier’, Sydney, NSW (quoting Street, Jessie).

  • Potts, E.D.; and Potts, A. (1985), 'Yanks Down Under 1941-45’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • 'Correspondence with artist’, Canberra, ACT : Australian National Museum.

See also

  • 'Section 10: plate 451'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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