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Collecting, We are every where! (n.d.) Badge Collection, 4-39-03We are every where! (n.d.) Badge Collection, 4-39-03 preserving and 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 celebrating Australia’s histories since 1978. Lesbian Mother, (n.d.), 5-46-7 Badge CollectionLesbian Mother, (n.d.), 5-46-7 Negative

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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9 September 2026
Register for the Australian Queer Histories Conference 2026

Registrations are now open for the 2026 Australian Queer Histories Conference, to be held at the Victorian Pride Centre in Melbourne, 7–8 November 2026.

Thesis Prize 2024-25
Submission deadline 31 August 2026
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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.

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7 July 2026
Call for papers – Australian Queer Histories Conference 2026

The Australian Queer Archives is calling for proposals for presentations at our history conference to be held at the Victorian Pride Centre in Melbourne, 7–8 November 2026.