Nick Henderson, ​Committee Member of the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (ALGA), will be in conversation with UNSW Galleries Deputy Director, Kelly Doley to offer insights into the ALGA collection and the role of the archives in preserving LGBTQI+ history. They will also discuss the items on loan from ALGA for the exhibition 'Friendship as a Way of Life', which are important moments of LGBTQI+ collectivism in Australia including the Farrant Street House Books, the Order of Perpetual Indulgence records and Wicked Women magazine.
Nick Henderson is a long-term volunteer Committee Member of the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives. As a professional curator and archivist, he has worked across national and state cultural institutions for two decades, including the National Gallery of Australia, National Library, National Archives, Performing Arts Collection, and is currently a Curator at the National Film and Sound Archive. magazine.
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Presented in conjunction with 'Friendship as a Way of Life' at UNSW Galleries 8 May - 21 November 2020
Banner image: Sisters of the Order of Perpetual Indulgence at a pro-choice rally, Sydney, 7 September 1991. Photo: Steven Siewert. Courtesy: Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives