LGBTQI+

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Sydney Open Series
Tour

Queering Macquarie Street

Dr Tuan Nguyen will lead a history walk down Macquarie Street, exploring stories of queer people who walked along the same path

Saturday 14 June 10am–11.30am
Photograph of seven NSW Police capturers of the Andrew George Scott (alias Captain Moonlite) gang of bushrangers, New South Wales, Australia, 1879, reproduction black and white photograph
Talk

In conversation: Community Policing, Policing a Community

On the anniversary of the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (24 June 1978), join us for this special Collections Series event

Tuesday 24 June 6pm–7.30pm
Two women on the steps of a sandstone building. One is crouching and holding a wooden tool, an axe rests beside her. The other and one sits on the step at a easel, under an umbrella

Queering the Interior: London, New York, Sydney, 1882–1929

Design practices of five figures from queer history: Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, American actress and interior designer Elsie de Wolfe, and Australian artists Eirene Mort, Roy de Maistre and Adrian Feint (1894–1971)

Cropped version of photo portrait of bearded man, mounted on card.

Moonlite at the Sydney Mint

If you’ve ever visited The Mint on Sydney’s Macquarie Street, chances are you have walked in the footsteps of an infamous Australian bushranger, ‘Captain Moonlite’

A wayward prince

Investigating a possible imposter seen in a striking photo at Rouse Hill House, Dr Scott Hill uncovered a story of scandal

Inspiring Iridescent: Justice & Police Museum

Find out more about the curatorial research that inspired artist Gerwyn Davies’s response to the Justice & Police Museum, featured in the Iridescent exhibition

Man in yellow costume sitting on a chair at Elizabeth Bay House

Iridescent by Gerwyn Davies film

Artist Gerwyn Davies discusses the making of the exhibition 'Iridescent by Gerwyn Davies, at the Museum of Sydney

The inspiration behind Iridescent: Elizabeth Bay House

Find out more about the curatorial research that inspired artist Gerwyn Davies’s flamboyant response to Elizabeth Bay House, featured in the Iridescent exhibition