‘Gilda' - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel

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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'Gilda', in memory of John Golding, cotton / synthetic textile, made by Peter and friends, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1991 Quilt panel, landscape orientation, with appliquéd letters 'Gilda,…

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Visit the page Greg Rohlf and 'Gracey' - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Greg Rohlf, 64-91', and 'Gracey', cotton / silk, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1991 Quilt panel, landscape orientation, divided in half. The left half has a small panel painted with aboriginal motifs of an emu, goanna, and other birds in dot style and raki style in the top two thirds. Bottom third contains a stylised pink inverted triangle bordered by aboriginal motifs with the name, 'Gracey', superimposed, painted in fluorescent yellow. The whole is bordered with black aboriginal motifs. There is a signature in bottom left corner running vertically upwards. The right half of the quilt panel a stylised Australian Aboriginal flag with the sun setting, with the name Greg Rohlf 64-91 embroidered in black on the red background.
Visit the page In memory of 'All who have died from AIDS in Australian Prisons' - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'Dedicated to all those people who have died from AIDS in Australian Prisons', cotton / felt / synthetic textile, made by K Division, Unit 5, HM Prison Pentridge, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 1991 Quilt panel, landscape orientation, with the background of the Australian flag with an appliquéd Union Jack and stars, partly obscured by the main design. This is a painted image of a grey brick prison building with a red map of Australia in the centre of the white door, which is headed 'HM Prison'. There are two white 'thought bubbles': the left hand one has a cityscape appliqued with a man and woman and a child by the sea; and the right hand one shows one man holding the clock back and the other depicted as a tortoise with a walking stick going towards the exit. In the lower left corner there is a red felt appliqué patch with the phrase 'Dedicated to all those people who have died from AIDS in Australian prisons …(K DIV UNIT 5 - PENTRIDGE)'. The quilt was made by K Division, Unit 5, HM Prison, Pentridge, Melbourne, Victoria in 1991. HM Prison Pentridge was an Australian prison built in 1850. Located in Coburg, Victoria. Closed in 1997.
Visit the page Norma Parker Centre NSW - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of four persons, cotton, made by the Norma Parker Correctional Centre for Women NSW AIDS Committee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1991 Quilt panel, landscape orientation, on a light colour background. In the centre there are patchwork coloured flowers, including aboriginal colours, joined with coloured rope in a brown padded puff basket, with a blackboard with the following inscription 'Norma Parker Centre NSW Australia, a correctional centre for women, Project of the HIV/AIDS Committee'. On the top left hand side there is a painted red kangaroo and on the bottom left there is an Australian Aboriginal flag. On the top right there is an applique stylised boomerang with painted stylised pokerwork motifs. Underneath there is a painted koala appliquéd on to a painted tree and at the bottom right there is an appliquéd Australian flag. The quilt was made by the AIDS Committee, Norma Parker Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1991. The Norma Parker Centre was a correctional centre for women. It was located in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It closed in 2003.
Visit the page Stephen John Tattersall - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of Stephen John Tattersall, cotton / leather / synthetic textile / feathers, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1991 Quilt panel, landscape orientation. On the left hand side there is the background of the rainbow flag with the following letters glued to it: Stephen John Tattersall, 12.5.53 till 9.8.91. On the lower left there is the following: an Australian flag surrounded by a motor bicycle chain, an insignia, Bundeswehr (unified armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany), a plastic Castro disc, 2 San Francisco entry stickers, a California State insignia and a Houston motorcycle club badge; a motor cycle right hand glove appliquéd on a white bandana, a Hanes sleeveless T shirt with Kawasaki motor bike emblem printed on it, with appliquéd epaulettes made of black feathers, gold lurex faux fur satin with gilt tassels, and cotton tassels embroidered; sewn on above all of this, is a steel metal disc with GPZ Kawasaki. On the top right the flag of the state of California is sewn on with the following on the left hand side of the bear: semi quavers…FOOTSTEPS ON THE DANCE FLOOR REMIND ME BABY OF YOU …Always in my heart and soul. Together for ever Glenda (Blonda) Blonde Trash #1, WHOEVER YOUR LIVE TOUCHED YOU MADE FULLER LOVE YOU FOR EVER (signature) XXXXXX. On the right hand side of the flag 'IF A MAN DOES NOT KEEP PACE WITH HIS COMPANIONS, PERHAPS IT IS BECAUSE HE HEARS A DIFFERENT DRUMMER. LET HIM STEP TO THE MUSIC WHICH HE HEARS HOWEVER MEASURED OR FAR AWAY.' ……………….THANK YOU FOR 'QUALITY TIME' - LOVE- - LIGHT - - HAPPINESS- ETERNALLY YOURS Virginia xxx '91 On the lower right hand side YOUR FRIEND FOREVER MISS YOU AND THINK OF YOU AL0T (sic) Love Always Tony MISS YOU MUCHLY Geoff Below the Californian flag there is a screen print of a package of 2 motorcycle boots and folded jeans tied up with string dated 8.7.76 attributed to artist Rex. The two flags are separated by black upholstery braid and there is a red bandana border on the right hand side of the block.

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