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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Alex', cotton, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, cotton / wood / metal, incorporating an appliquéd blue Star of Davi…

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Visit the page Barry Sneyd - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Barry Sneyd', cotton / synthetic textile / ink, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1990 Quilt panel, portrait orientation, with a gold lifesaver wearing a swimming costume and bead necklace, appliquéd against a beach scene. At foot of panel, there is an inscription 'Barry Sneyd loved the Australian lifesavers, the Iron Man competitions and the world's most beautiful yet dangerous beaches'. In lower right hand corner there is a cotton attachment inscribed 'Kater 24 To my darling Barry Cat. Lots of Love & Kisses From Stefan Bear 1990'.
Visit the page Ralph Deacon - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Ralph Deacon' cotton / plastic, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, with appliqued inscription 'Ralph Deacon / 1945-1989' on the left hand side of the quilt in red , appliquéd pieces depicting a gym shoe in blue (to left); clouds, a stethoscope, flower, red medical symbol Rx (in the centre) ; yacht (white with red highlights) , dolphins, fish and waves in blue (on the right). The quilt was made in memory of Dr Ralph Deacon (1945-1989). Dr Deacon was one of the first doctors at the Albion Street AIDS Centre, Sydney, starting in 1984. According to the Sydney Morning Herald 7 November 1989, he had also worked at The Entrance, NSW. He was politically active and had been a member of the National AIDS Forum. He had been the subject of two television documentaries (Sydney Morning Herald, 7/11/1989).
Visit the page ‘David’ - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'David ', cotton, Tasmania, Australia, 1990 Quilt panel, landscape orientation, with three appliquéd fabric photographs on pale blue background, surrounded by a black and white houndstooth check border. The fabric photographs depict an Art Deco figure of a woman holding a globe and standing on a globe, a portrait of a dark haired man (David?) and a CD cover of Barbra Streisand's 'Memories'. DAVID 1951 - 1990 is written in black in the centre of the lower part of the panel.
Visit the page ‘Mr. Sydney. H. Bridge. Col'- Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Description Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Mr. Sydney. H. Bridge. Col', cotton, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, depicting two appliquéd pylons of Sydney Harbour Bridge on a dark blue background. Machine embroidered inscription 'Mr. /Sydney. H. Bridge./ Col / Loved and remembered/ by: / Pix / Miss G. Woof/ Bill & Ron/ Rabbit & / P.C'.
Visit the page Jon Sweeney- Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Jon Sweeney', cotton, made in New South Wales, Australia, 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, headed with the words, 'With love from the friends/ of / 9.4.45 14.10.89/ Jon Sweeney / then three hearts. In the middle of the quilt on the left hand side there is a patchwork scene of the Three Sisters, below that there is a scene with appliqued trees. At the bottom of the panel there is a vase with embroidered flowers on the left and and an embroidered cat on the right.
Visit the page ‘Albert' - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Albert', cotton / silk made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, made of cotton and silk, with an easel and blackboard in appliqué with 'Albert' painted diagonally in white on it. There is a green tree with red fruit and a yellow sun, also in appliqué to the left of the blackboard. This panel was made in Sydney, Australia in 1990 by a friend of Albert's and completed by others, including Libby Woodhams. HISTORY
Visit the page Sister Barbarella Ars Erotica - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Sister Barbarella Ars Erotica', cotton, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, depicting a bearded and bespectacled nun (Sister of Perpetual Indulgence), holding a placard with the inscription 'Cruise Men not Missiles', and a bouquet of red roses. The nun has a grey habit and white coif and wimple with a pink triangle in the middle of the nun's forehead. The nun stands against a stained glass background. To the left of the nun's head there is a pink triangle with a white circle in the middle of it. Inside the circle there is a letter B surrounded by three pink phalluses. To the right of the nun from the shoulders down there is a series of 'stained glass windows' with the following wording SISTERS of PERPETUAL INDULGENCE Sydney; IN MEMORY of; Sister Barbarella Ars Erotica; Professed 25.9.82; and Died 18.8.89 This quilt was made in Sydney in 1990 by other members of the Order of Perpetual Indulgence,

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