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Mothers Day celebrated in many ways

Lucy Williams

THERE have been traditional cultural celebrations of mothers for thousands of years, with Mother’s Day a more recent addition with a unique connection to Australia. It was an Australian who started the tradition of giving gifts on the second Sunday each May. Janet Heyden from Sydney started a campaign in 1924 to collect gifts for […]

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