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Collecting, 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 preserving 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) and Lesbianism ...Why Settle for Less (n.d.) Badges Collection 3-20-08Lesbianism …Why Settle for Less (n.d.) Badges Collection 3-20-08 celebrating Lesbian Mother, (n.d.), 5-46-7 Badge CollectionLesbian Mother, (n.d.), 5-46-7 Negative Australia’s Land Rights for Gay Whales (n.d.) 7-67-16 Badge CollectionLand Rights for Gay Whales (n.d.) 7-67-16 Negative histories since 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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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.