Ponch HAWKES<br/> <em>No title (Women holding hands in front of graffiti, 'Lesbians are lovely')</em> (1973); (2018) {printed} <!-- (recto) --><br /> gelatin silver photograph<br /> 20.2 x 30.4 cm (image) 28.0 x 38.2 cm (sheet)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation, 2018<br /> 2018.1373<br /> © Ponch Hawkes, 2018 <!--137841-->
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Session one: Queer People Archiving Their Histories

QUEER X AQuA: Mining Queer Histories

Hear Angela Bailey (President, Australian Queer Archives), Nick Henderson (Committee Member, Australian Queer Archives), and Joan Nestle (writer, activist, and co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives, New York) discuss the long history of queer people coming together to form communities and spaces that hold their histories. From the Australian Queer Archives, founded in Melbourne in 1978, to the Lesbian Herstory Archives, founded in New York in 1974, the crucial role of queer archives throughout history, today, and into the future, is discussed.

Session one: Queer People Archiving Their Histories
Session two: The Legacy of David McDiarmid
Session three: HIV/AIDS Activism, Then and Now
Session four: Landmark LGBTQ+ Exhibitions in Australia

Presented in collaboration with the Australian Queer Archives
with special thanks to the Victorian Pride Centre.

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Creating Queer Spaces | NGV and American Express Present: Queer Creatives Session one: Queer People Archiving Their Histories QUEER X AQuA: Mining Queer Histories Session two: The Legacy of David McDiarmid QUEER X AQuA: Mining Queer Histories Session three: HIV/AIDS Activism, Then and Now QUEER X AQuA: Mining Queer Histories Session four: Landmark LGBTQ+ Exhibitions in Australia QUEER X AQuA: Mining Queer Histories Moving Backwards by Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz QUEER: Stories from the NGV Collection QUEER: Stories from the NGV Collection Exhibition introduction