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Collecting, Lesbian Mother, (n.d.), 5-46-7 Badge CollectionLesbian Mother, (n.d.), 5-46-7 Negative preserving We're not all straight in the Garden State - Doug Lucas (designer) (Melbourne - Pokeys, c.1981), Badge Collection, 8-80-08We’re not all straight in the Garden State – Doug Lucas (designer) (Melbourne – Pokeys, c.1981), Badge Collection, 8-80-08 and celebrating Gay liberation - David McDiarmid (artist) (Sydney, NSW - Gay Liberation, c.1972), Badge Collection, 5-43-12Gay liberation – David McDiarmid (artist) (Sydney, NSW – Gay Liberation, c.1972), Badge Collection, 5-43-12 Australia’s histories Lesbianism ...Why Settle for Less (n.d.) Badges Collection 3-20-08Lesbianism …Why Settle for Less (n.d.) Badges Collection 3-20-08 since Glad to be gay (c.1970s) Badge Collection, 4-35-1Glad to be gay (c.1970s) Badge Collection, 4-35-1 1978.

Gay Pride Week march, Adelaide, 15 September 1973, Jill Matthews Collection (Photo: Jill Matthews)

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No end to the way / Neville Jackson (London : Corgi, 1967)

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Design for the Gay Mardi Gras - Allan Booth, 1983, Grant Kilby Collection

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Colin Simson's Roo BC overlay - Colin Simson, Australia, c.1980-1990s, Papers of Colin Simson

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Wimmins' Dance : Disco Warehouse, Bay 9, No 9 Ultimo Road, Haymarket (Sydney, NSW, Australia : Girls Own, 1981) A003

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2024 Australian Queer History Conference

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