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Collecting, preserving and celebrating Lesbianism ...Why Settle for Less (n.d.) Badges Collection 3-20-08Lesbianism …Why Settle for Less (n.d.) Badges Collection 3-20-08 Australia’s [Real unicorn], c.2019 (Bisexual+ Community Perth) [sticker], Ephemera Collection[Real unicorn], c.2019 (Bisexual+ Community Perth) [sticker], Ephemera Collection Drag King Ray, an entrant in Mr Lotus 2001 (Photo: Ryan Hsu) B-News CollectionDrag King Ray, an entrant in Mr Lotus 2001 (Photo: Ryan Hsu) B-News Collection histories since 1978. Vicky Harris and Phyllis McGuiness outside the Court of Petty Sessions, Sydney, 24 September 1982 (Photo: Gerrit Fokkema, SMH), SMH CollectionVicky Harris and Phyllis McGuiness outside the Court of Petty Sessions, Sydney, 24 September 1982 (Photo: Gerrit Fokkema, SMH), SMH Collection

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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A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects

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Conference 2024 Featured
21 August 2024
2024 Australian Queer History Conference

AQuA is pleased to announce that the Australian Queer Histories Conference will return on 20 and 21 September 2024 at the Victorian Pride Centre in Melbourne.

Thesis Prize 2024-25
12 August 2024
Thesis Prize now open

Since 1999 the Australian Queer Archives has offered a prize for the best fourth year thesis (honours or equivalent of about 10,000 words) submitted at an Australian university in the field of LGBTIQ studies.

Christopher Street Liberation Parade,NYC 1977 photo by David McDiarmid
1 May 2024
The Air is Electric – David McDiarmid in America exhibition at the Victorian Pride Centre 1 May – 30 June 2024

The Air is Electric is the first dedicated exhibition of iconic Australian queer artist David McDiarmid’s photographs from his first trip to America in 1977. Victorian Pride Centre 1 May - 30 June 2024