Australian Queer Archives

Australian Queer Archives (AQuA)
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37°51′39″S 144°58′35″E / 37.86084°S 144.97650°E / -37.86084; 144.97650
LocationSt Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Established1978
Websitequeerarchives.org.au

The Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) (formerly the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - ALGA) is a community-based non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex LGBTI Australians.[1] It is located in Melbourne.[2] The Archives was established as an initiative of the 4th National Homosexual Conference, Sydney, August 1978, drawing on the previous work of founding President Graham Carbery.[3] Since its establishment the collection has grown to over 200,000 items (500 shelf metres), constituting the largest and most significant collection of material relating to LGBT Australians and the largest collection of LGBT material in Australia, and the most prominent research centre for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex history in Australia.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Australian Queer Archives - Home". Australian Queer Archives. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Australian Queer Archives - Contact". queerarchives.org.au. Australian Queer Archives Inc. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Australian Queer Archives - Our History". Australian Queer Archives. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives Inc". Australian Society of Archivists Inc. Archived from the original on 12 November 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Libraries, Archives, and Museums". Brown University. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.