Empire lines on women’s war efforts in Ballarat and regional Victoria

By Melanie Whelan
Updated November 1 2018 - 4:00pm, first published October 31 2018 - 6:00pm
EXPLORE: Ballarat Library team leader Julie Stevens peruses Women in Empire display, which opens on Thursday to commemorate the Armistice centenary. Picture: Kate Healy
EXPLORE: Ballarat Library team leader Julie Stevens peruses Women in Empire display, which opens on Thursday to commemorate the Armistice centenary. Picture: Kate Healy

LUCAS Girl Tilly Thompson’s dark blue panne velvet dress gives a personal sense of the leading Ballarat business woman. But it is Tilly’s war-time story that really brings the garmet to life.

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