January 2. Aileen Muriel Willis (from Cherbourg) and Don Brady (from Palm Island) marry at the Aborigines Inland Mission (AIM) church in Cherbourg . Both bride and bridegroom are native missionaries educated in Native Workers Training Colleges in the Hunter Valley. They most likely meet at local AIM training or social activities. Don graduates from the Mens College at Karuah in 1949 and Aileen at Singleton sometime later. After graduating, Don serves as native missionary at Brewarrina, Walcha and Moree. Director of AIM, Mrs Retta Long travels from Sydney to be present at the wedding and speaks of her associations with the bride and bridegroom with great affection. (Our AIM, 16 Feb 1952, p10)