Proposals are invited for papers at the 2015 Australian Homosexual Histories Conference, to be held in Adelaide on 13-14 November.

This scrapbook was compiled by photographer and filmmaker Digby Duncan. It documents the first Mardi Gras, a street festival turned riot, held on the evening of 24 June 1978 as part of the Day of International Gay Solidarity, organised by the Gay Solidarity Group. Also documented are the subsequent protests and arrests, and the eventual […]

Out of the closets, into the streets: histories of Melbourne gay liberation pictures the very beginning of the gay liberation movement in Melbourne, through photographs, archival material, film footage, objects and personal mementos. As gay people found their voice in the early 1970s, artists, often at the very beginning of their careers, were there to […]

ALGA is featuring in Midsumma Festival 2015 events at the Melbourne Library Service.

Bohemian Melbourne reveals Melbourne’s enduring counter-cultures (and features material from our collections). At the State Library of Victoria, 12 December 2014 – 22 February 2015.

AHH 2014 is on in Sydney, 28-29 November. The conference marks the thirtieth anniversary of law reform decriminalising sex between adult males in NSW.

We’ve partnered with Goodwill Wine to present you with an opportunity to purchase great value boutique wine featuring images from the Archives’ collections.

A Macquarie University / National Library oral history project is looking particularly for young lesbians and women born before the mid-1950s.