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.