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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Neil Costelloe', silk / paint / metallic thread, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, backed, on a lavender background…
Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Neil Costelloe', silk / paint / metallic thread, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, backed, on a lavender background with an inner panel of paler lavender tie dyed in various shades of pale pink, mauve, yellow and blue. On this panel are painted gender symbols including transgender in different colours. Four of these symbols have been outlined in gold metallic thread. Under the panel there is a darker purple backing. Around the edge of the background are the words in gold paint, 'What candles burn for those that die as cattle, not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes', (a reworking of a poem by Wilfred Owen). Below the inner panel are the words 'Neil Costelloe nearly 30, Arohanui Rob'. This panel is in memory of Neil Costelloe. Neil also has a panel on the New Zealand AIDS Quilt which states his dates as: (b. 22.8.60 d. 8.4.90). Information on the New Zealsnd AIDS Memorial Quilt site says that Neil Costelloe was born at Kumura Junction. He was graphic designer who studied at the Wellington Polytechnic. Neil took art in the protest for the Homosexual Law Reform Campaign in New Zealand. He lived the last part of his life in London and died there in 1990. http://www.aidsquilt.org.nz/pages/panels/047.html (February 2014)
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Visit the page FROM THE CARERS OF E 10 W - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'FROM THE CARERS OF E 10 W', cotton / synthetic textile / glitter glue / padding, made by the staff of Ward E10 W at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, backed, top half has a blue background and the bottom has an off-white background. On the blue background there are 20 butterflies in various colourful textiles. These are hand appliqued with thick black thread. One of the butterflies has small dots of glitter glue and several are hand embroidered. From the bottom of the panel to halfway there is a stylised faded pink 'path', padded and quilted,. On either side of the path is a peach coloured pot with a plant with large green leaves. Across the bottom of the panel are the words 'From the Carers of E10 W' in turquoise embroidered letters. -
Visit the page Terrence Bell - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Terrence Bell', cotton / felt / plastic / paper / metal, made by friends, in Sydney, New South Wales,Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation on dark blue background, backed, with a multicoloured striped 11.5 cm wide border. Across the top two thirds of the panel are the words 'Terrence Bell' in appliqued yellow felt. In the bottom left hand corner are two female and two male gender symbols cut out as one piece from yellow felt. In the bottom right hand corner is a clear plastic patch which has been stapled onto the background. This contains a yellow cardboard Press Pass from the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras with the date of 18 February 1989. Information received with the Quilt includes photocopies of three tribute notices from newspapers, several newspaper articles from the Sydney Star Observer, the publication OutRage and one unknown publication, and four pages of notes from the personal diary of one of the friends who made the panel. The information states that Terrence Bell: studied philosophy at Sydney University and became politically active there; worked for Qantas and was involved with the Australian Flight Attendants' Association, taking up the fight to win sick employees a better deal than the disability benefit offered; was very active in PLWAs and worked towards protecting the rights of gay men and people with HIV/AIDS; backed Clover Moore's campaign to become Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1987. -
Visit the page Mark Oliver - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Mark Oliver', cotton / wool / ribbon / synthetic textile / plastic / ink / string / metal, made by a friend in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, backed, on an aqua cotton background with a narrow pale yellow ribbon inner frame. On the left hand side from top to bottom is sewn a zippered jacket in blue fabric printed with musical symbols, instruments and vinyl records. The jacket has a synthetic leather collar and black and white striped knitted cuffs and bottom edge. Running across the raglan shoulder seams of the jacket are wide bands of black woollen fabric with white stitching and a large black metal press stud. On the left hand side of the jacket is a pocket with a black woollen flap decorated with a black and white plastic button. Partly inside the pocket are three soft toy sailor dolls with painted faces and caps bearing the words Fairstar, SS Stratheden and Kenya Castle. On the right hand side of the jacket is a black woollen square on top of which is a circle of synthetic black leather and the letter M in off-white leather. In each corner of the woollen square is a small white leather triangle. Inside the jacket is a colourful shirt. In the lower half of the right hand side are the words 'Mark Oliver', with the letter O appliqued in yellow ribbon and the rest in black ribbon. Underneath this are the dates '16.10.51 and 29.10.86' appliqued in yellow ribbon. -
Visit the page Leyland Roberts and Alan Craig - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Leyland Roberts and Alan Craig', cotton / mixed media / metal / glue / ink, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, on a pale cream background, backed. Down the left hand side from top to bottom are: a small toy bear with an attached red ribbon; a small blue and white toy bear with attached cutout photograph of a man and a tag saying Happy Birthday; a short piece of orange 'Dymo' tape with the name Alan Craig Stirling, and an inscription in ink 'Alan / born 30.1.59 / died 12.6.90 NZ'. Diagonally from the top left to the bottom centre is sewn a red dress with a lace top and a handkerchief point skirt. In the middle of the front of the top is a small metallic brooch. In the centre and slightly to the right of the top of the panel is a cutout photograph of a man in a red sequinned jacket. This is partially superimposed over an appliqued satin grand piano shape with inked black notes. At the bottom in the middle is a rectangular piece with a fabric photograph of Leyland Roberts wearing a green sequinned jacket and sitting at a white grand piano (see photos in file). Diagonally from top right to the bottom centre is sewn a white frilled shirt with a red sequinned bow tie around its collar. Underneath the shirt in the lower right hand corner is an oval piece of adhesive paper, a short piece of orange 'Dymo' tape with the name 'Leyland Roberts' and an inscription in ink 'Leyland / born 21.9.54 / died 13.12.88'. -
Visit the page Rodney Carroll - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Rodney Carroll', cotton / synthetic textile / glitter paint, made by Libby Woodhams, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1987 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, backed, on a blue and white horizontally striped background, with a 800mm wide inner border of machine appliqued green flowered cotton fabric. The name 'Rodney Carroll' is hand appliqued in pink textile with metallic glitter paint highlights. The words '17 September 1951 / 21 August 1987' are in script in green metallic glitter paint on the lower right. -
Visit the page Rob O'Brien - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Rob O'Brien', silk / cotton / synthetic textile / paint / metal, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. This is a landscape scene with hand appliqued rounded rolling hills made of pieces of painted textile in various colours and patterns on the left; on the right are painted hills of a light green outlined in gold paint. There is also a small section of painted yellow flowers outlined in gold paint, blue sky with several blue hand appliqued clouds and three painted white birds. On the left hand side at the bottom are the initials 'KWO'B' in paint. On the right hand side at the bottom is the name 'Rob O'Brien' in pink paint outlined with gold paint and with the dot of the eye as a flower (?) shape. On a small cloud on the top right are pinned two metal badges, one for the NSFC (North Shore Rugby Football Club, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand) and one for the Royal North Shore School of Nursing. -
Visit the page Tim Wilson - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Tim Wilson', silk, made by Libby Woodhams, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, with a hot pink background with the words 'Tim Wilson' appliqued in dark green letters across the bottom. In the top right hand corner is a set of scales of justice in gold silk. This panel is in memory of Timothy Drummond Wilson (b. 23.08.1954 d. 06.05.1990). A series of lectures has been held at the University of New South Wales entitled the Tim Wilson Memorial Lectures on Human Rights. The inaugural lecture was given by Justice Michael Kirby entitled "AIDS and Human Rights" on the 12th March 1991. According to the information on the program for the Inaugural Lecture, Tim graduated in Economics and Law from the University of New South Wales in 1977. From 1979 until his death he was the solicitor in charge of Marsdens inner city legal office. He was a committed Human Rights and Civil Liberties lawyer and was the honorary solicitor for the Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service and was involved in the Gay Rights Movement and many AIDS organisations. As a solicitor Tim insisted on advertising his own telephone number so that those who needed his advice could always contact him.