Australian Love Stories exhibition showcases the 40-year marriage of Jimmy and Jane Barnes

It was 1979 at the Australian National University in Canberra when Jimmy saw Jane from across the room.

Specifically, it was November 22 at 4:00pm. Rock icon Jimmy Barnes is extremely confident of that fact.

“I was completely smitten,” Barnes said.

“I was trying to catch her attention, trying to get her to look at me.”

But the night ended with Jane Mahoney calling him a cab, and parting ways.

But Jimmy’s plan had worked, and the next day he saw Jane again.

It was the beginning of a love story which now spans four decades.

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