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Collecting, preserving and celebrating Australia’s I Like Dykes, (n.d.) 5-45-10 Badge CollectionI Like Dykes, (n.d.) 5-45-10 Negative Young, Gay & Proud - Adam Carr (designer) (Melbourne : Gay Teachers and Students Group, c.1978), Badge Collection, 04-36-01Young, Gay & Proud – Adam Carr (designer) (Melbourne- Gay Teachers and Students Group, c.1978), Badge Collection, 04-36-01 histories since Lesbians Ignite (n.d.) Badge Collection, 5-45-18Lesbians Ignite (n.d.) Badge Collection, 5-45-18 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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A Day Without Human Rights is Like a Day Without Sunshine, New York, 1977 (Photo: David McDiarmid), Photograph 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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A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects

A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects

Latest from the archives:

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

Group sitting on Santa's lap at the Gayskate Christmas Party, Footscray, c1982
14 December 2023
See you at Midsumma 2024

AQuA is closed for the holidays and will re-open on Monday 29 January. We wish a safe and refreshing holiday to all our friends and supporters.

NGV_AQuA 2023
NGV x AQUA: PRIDE MONTH

AQuA is excited to announce the 'NGV x AQuA: Pride Month' series, which presents talks, discussions and workshops in National Gallery of Victoria's Community Hall at NGV Australia every Sunday in June - presented as part of the Melbourne Now exhibition.