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Collecting, preserving Love is a Many Gendered Thing (n.d.) 4-35-5 Badge CollectionLove is a Many Gendered Thing (n.d.) 4-35-5 Negative and celebrating [Intersex pride flag] (c.2019) Badge Collection, 9-12-01[Intersex pride flag] (c.2019) Badge Collection, 9-12-01 Australia’s Gay liberation - David McDiarmid (artist) (Sydney, NSW - Gay Liberation, c.1972), Badge Collection, 5-43-12Gay liberation – David McDiarmid (artist) (Sydney, NSW – Gay Liberation, c.1972), Badge Collection, 5-43-12 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 histories Lesbian Mother, (n.d.), 5-46-7 Badge CollectionLesbian Mother, (n.d.), 5-46-7 Negative 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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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

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Christmas Card from Billy to Bob Buckley, 1978
19 December 2024
See you at Midsumma 2025

AQuA is closed for the holidays and will re-open on Monday 3 February. We wish a safe and refreshing holiday to all our friends and supporters.

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.