Archives 30 Future Fund

In 1978 a small group of women and men got together to start collecting and preserving the history of gay and lesbian Australia. Thirty years later, their efforts and of scores of volunteers have built the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives, the only national collection of lesbian, bisexual, queer, gay and transgender historical materials in Australia.

We are celebrating our 30th year by launching a campaign to ensure these vital histories are around for the future. Currently the Archives collection is split up with one third being housed at our main site at the Victorian AIDS Council and the rest stored across members' houses and private storage. We are currently extremely stretched for space and do not have the capacity to accept large collections of material.

Housing the collection: renting or buying new space;

Preserving the collection and making it accessible: purchasing archival materials and digitising collections;

Sharing our histories: exhibitions, publishing and education programs.