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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.

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 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.

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

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.

Coming Out – celebrating 50 years of Gay Liberation – ‘Then & Now’ Symposium

Launch of AQuA x QUEER: Mining Queer Histories

The NGV and the Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) have collaboratively developed a series of short films to coincide with the NGV’S QUEER: Stories from the NGV Collection exhibition.

2022 AQuA Thesis Prize Winner Announced

Congratulations to Nikola Guzys-McAuliffe on being awarded our 2022 Thesis prize.

Printed Protest Exhibition

Graphic Activism from the Australian Queer Archives Collection

AQuA is re​opening

Putting the sex back into law reform: a public lecture

As Victoria celebrates the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of sex between men earlier this year, AQuA has invited some people to reflect on this event and the subsequent 40 years of law reform activism.

Thesis Prize 2021

Webinar – introduction to oral history at AQuA

Webinar – introduction to volunteering

A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects

ALGA becomes AQuA

Coronavirus(COVID-19) update

Vale Michael Bernard Kelly (1954-2020)

Vale Kendall (Ken) Lovett (6 October 1922 – 21 October 2020)

2020 ALGA Thesis Prize winner announced

ALGA will move to the VPC

HERITAGE 100 project – places and objects significant to Victoria’s LGBTIQ communities

Before Mardi Gras: Gay+ in the 1970s – The 2019 ALGA History Conference – Program, abstracts and map now available

Before Mardi Gras: Gay+ in the 1970s – The 2019 ALGA History Conference – Registration now open

ALGA Honours Thesis Prize: Call for nominations

Happy 50th Birthday Australian Gay+ movement

Opening Up to the World

Before Mardi Gras: Gay+ in the 1970s – The 2019 ALGA History Conference – Call for Papers by 15 July 2019

ALGA Newsletter and suggestions for Midsumma 2019!

ALGA Name Change consultation 2019/2020

Book Now! Queer Legacies, New Solidarities Conference 22-24 November – book tickets now!

ALGA’s 40th AGM – special guests!

Geraldine Fela wins ALGA Thesis Prize

Call For Papers – ‘Queer Legacies, New Solidarities’ Conference

We’re Marching! Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade