Sydney Gay & Lesbian History Walk | |||||||||||||||||
WALK ONE - Part One - 17:10 minutes
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 convicts |
* Homosexuality amongst convicts * Macquarie Place and the story of convicts James and Jeremiah Marney, 1866 * George Street Gaol and story of the hanging of Chief Officer Alexander Brown, for sodomy, 1828 * Laing Park - arrest of "Daily Telegraph" editor Clarence McNaulty, artist Douglas Annand and classical pianist Claudio Arrau in the 1940s and 1950s * Wynyard Park and the 'Queer House' story, 1917 | ||||||||||||||||
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WALK ONE - Part Two - 15:33 minutes
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 Hotel in George Street's 'Salt Meat Alley' |
* Darrell Lea Chocolate Shop, George Street (formerly Bellfields Hotel) and 'Salt Meat Alley' * The clientele of Madam Pura's Café, Royal Arcade, George Street, 1930s - 1940s * Welsh convict William Williams, 1820s, head cook to the NSW Governor, convicted on several charges of "Unnatural Crimes" * The Theatre Royal and its gay and lesbian following in the early half of the 20th century * Australia Hotel, Carlton Hotel and Ushers Hotel in Castlereagh Street, the first known 'gay bars' 1920s-1950s * William Yates, Anglican missionary at St James Church, 1830s * Supreme court cases regarding homosexuality late 1700s-1920s | ||||||||||||||||
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WALK ONE - Part Three - 11:20 minutes
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 Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park |
* Hyde Park Barracks, same sex activity and young convicts Thomas Morton and Isaac Stott, 1834 * Hyde Park, the Archibald Fountain and cruising activity 1860s - 1950s * St Mary's Cathedral, Boomerang Street and cruising activity 1960s and 1970s * Lesbian underworld figure Iris Webber, East Sydney & Darlinghurst, 1950s HOME WALK TWO WALK THREE MORE HISTORICAL IMAGES 1971 CAMP SCENE - FROM "GO-SET" | ||||||||||||||||
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