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Collecting, preserving How dare you presume I'm heterosexual (c.1970s) Badge Collection, 5-44-13How dare you presume I’m heterosexual (c.1970s) Badge Collection, 5-44-13 and celebrating Australia’s They Them Badge (The Equality Project), courtesy Graham Willett collectionThey Them Badge (The Equality Project), courtesy Graham Willett collection histories 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 since 1978. Lyn Cooper wearing an ‘I am a lesbian’ t-shirt, International Women’s Day, Adelaide, 1974, Jill Matthews Collection (Photo: unidentified photographer)Lyn Cooper wearing an ‘I am a lesbian’ t-shirt, International Women’s Day, Adelaide, 1974, Jill Matthews Collection (Photo: unidentified photographer)

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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LGBTIQ+ themed election campaign materials, including poster for David Widdup, pamphlets for marriage equality, and t-shirt for Brian McGahen
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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.