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ALEX MCKINNON
The inaugural exhibition of...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper
Est.
1979
ONLINE TWITTER @star_observer
ISSUE 1160 FACEBOOK Star Observer
Friday 1 February 2013
starobserver.
com.
au
Our stories on show
>> NATIONAL
ALEX MCKINNON
The inaugural exhibition of Australia’s
first gay and lesbian museum officially
opened this week.
The Sydney Mardi Gras Museum
Debut Exhibition, which launched on
Oxford St on Tuesday, focuses on the
historyoftheparadefromitsbeginnings
in the 1970s to the present day.
Drawn largely from the Australian
Lesbian and Gay Archives, the
exhibition features memorabilia and
archival evidence such as photographs,
costumes, posters and headlines from
past festivals.
The exhibition was launched by a host
of prominent figures including Sydney
Lord Mayor Clover Moore, Sydney state
MP Alex Greenwich, and former ABC
broadcaster and gay rights campaigner
Julie McCrossin.
Moore said that the exhibition
highlighted the vital role Mardi Gras
played in th
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