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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'ROSSY SMITH', synthetic textile / cotton / paint, made in Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. Silk screen Indigenous flag with black duck (Umbarra) in…
Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'ROSSY SMITH', synthetic textile / cotton / paint, made in Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. Silk screen Indigenous flag with black duck (Umbarra) in centre. 'IN MEMORY OF' appliquéd in yellow fabric on black and 'ROSSY SMITH' appliqued in black on red background. 'BORN / 1-10-1967' in left lower corner appliquéd in black fabric on red background 'DIED 20-5-1994' on right lower corner.
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Visit the page Alan Tremont - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Alan Tremont', cotton / paint / plastic / glitter / leather / satin, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. Bottle green background. An oval with two gold sequin borders surrounds an appliquéd teddy bear holding a rainbow ball. In between the oval's two borders are the words 'Alan Tremont' painted in yellow, on a rainbow glitter background. There is a poem embroidered in yellow on the right hand side. 'Yesterday is but a dream, / tomorrow is but a vision / but today well lived, / makes every yesterday / a dream of happiness / and every tomorrow / a vision of hope. / Look well therefore, to this day'. The quilt was made in memory of Alan Tremont (b27.02.62. d 27.04.92. ) in Sydney, Australia in 1996. A Memoriam tribute for Alan Tremont features in the Sydney Star Observer between 1984-1993 -
Visit the page Jean-Pierre Prothery - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Jean-Pierre Prothery', cotton / felt / plastic / braid / paint, made in New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation. 'JEAN - PIERRE / PROTHERY' appliquéd in royal blue felt at top of panel. French and Australian flags centrally placed in panel with decorative silver braid around flag poles. Underneath the flags is a coloured fabric photograph. '10.12.63 - 09.02.96' is appliquéd in blue felt across lower end of panel. Underneath these dates are six appliquéd squares. First square is made of pink fabric with appliquéd silver heart on left and silver leaves and a pink sequinned flower on the right. The name 'Gail' is embroidered in blue. The second square is made of white fabric with a central painted blue fleur de lys emblem and the letters J, P, G in three corners. The third square is made of white fabric with red screen printed background revealing a white heart with the word 'Buba' in blue paint across centre. The fourth square is made of white fabric with 'MEMORIES / ALWAYS / SAFE JOURNEY / LOVE / PHILIP & PAMELA' in red and one red and one silver appliquéd heart. The fifth square is made with black felt. 'JOE' embroidered with four gold appliquéd stars with a crescent moon. The sixth square is made of red felt with a coloured photograph in a plastic sleeve, held in place with gold ribbon stitching. There is a small 'smiley face' on the lower edge. -
Visit the page Michael Cass - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'MICHAEL CASS / 18.10.1941 / 21.5.1995' cotton / aida cloth / felt, made in Queensland, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. 'MICHAEL / CASS / 18-10-1941 / 21-5-1995' cross stitched in black cotton top left corner. In the lower left corner is a red cotton book frame with 'LIBRARIANS / IN / NEW SOUTH WALES / A STUDY / BY / F.M.B. CASS', all in cross stitch. In the top right hand corner is an appliqued black mortar board in cross stitch . Lower right hand corner has native floral wreath with 'MICK' embroidered in blue cross stitch in centre. Various wild flowers are cross stitched and embroidered over panel . 'Forever In Our Hearts' embroidered in black. The following names are embroidered in black below, 'John / Dad / Clarry / Nichola / Emma / Mum / Toni / Jean / Tony / Lyndal / James / Natalie / Noel / Regan / Noela / Bryan / Peta / Amy / Annette / Tanya / Luke / Damien / Hannah / Michael and David' . -
Visit the page Michael Ellul - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'MICKY ELLUL / 3.9.58 - 30.11.95', satin / cotton / sequins / ink, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. Hot pink satin background surrounded by gold sequin braid. Title machine embroidered in yellow thread on top left hand corner, rainbow frame below with 'Love always / Scott' in cursive yellow machine embroidery. Single red rose and rainbow ribbon sewn next to the frame. Printed photograph of Michael with small child surrounded by silver sequins. Appliqued rainbow on lower right hand corner. Some sequins scattered across background. -
Visit the page Peter Leslie Taylor - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'PETER LESLIE TAYLOR', cotton / satin / plastic / metal/ paint / feathers, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. There are two central fabric photographs of Peter, one with an inscription. On the right side of panel is an appliqued fabric rainbow flag. There is a dream catcher attached to top of panel. Various handwritten messages surround these focal points. There are various badges attached to the panel including a NSW Gould Bird Lovers badge. -
Visit the page Phillip Scott Hamilton - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Phillip Scott Hamilton', cotton / paint, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. White satin background. Hand-painted sail boat, 'Defiance', in centre of blue rectangular cotton background. 'PHILLIP SCOTT HAMILTON' at top of blue panel with '18.12.52 - 12.11.92' at lower edge in gold paint. Three diver's badges appliquéd on background. White embroidered name badge 'HAMILTON P.S.' sewn on lower right corner. The quilt was made in memory of Phillip Scott Hamilton (b.18.12.52 d. 12.11.92) in about 1996 by Dan Webb. "Phil Hamilton was a handsome, adventurous, intelligent, loveable, multi talented, sincere, funny, sensitive young man. I met Phil at the 'Young gay' group in1982 in Surry Hills, where every Saturday afternoon, young gay guys up to age 26 would meet in this safe space to socialise and connect and plan for events and form our gay families. Some of us were disenfranchised from our blood families, so these boys became our true families forming strong bonds of brotherhood against the hostile, confusing heterosexual world. Phil and I formed a strong friendship immediately around our love of the ocean, sailing , surfing, adventure and my yet undiscovered love of scuba diving, and he, a few years older than I, was my protective 'older brother'. Phil had served in the Australian Royal Navy as a clearance diver, and on leaving had purchased a 10 metre classic timber 1950s 'Sparkman and Stevens' cutter. When I met him, he was living on his beloved yacht and passionately, slowly refurbishing it, with a dream of a 'sailing the world' adventure. After his invitation to be a crew member, I moved onto his yacht 'Defiance' and we proceeded to renovate in earnest for the planned adventure. I spent a year living and working on Defiance with Phil, berthed at the former abandoned ANL terminal at Mort Bay. In between the hard work of refitting this beautiful old boat we sailed around the harbour, outside Sydney heads. Phil taught me to scuba dive right there off the side of the wharf in murky Sydney Harbour! This began my love of scuba diving and I went on to be a founding member of SUBS (Sydney Underwater Buddies), the first Australian GLBTQ Scuba diving group. Our other adventeres included surfari holidays on the north coast of NSW and Southport and once an unforgettable road trip to Cairns in his old yellow Renault '10'. He was an experienced rally driver and sometimes drove the old beast as if we were in a rally. We fished, dived, surfed, snorkelled, swam, laughed and shared the driving night and day, singing loudly to the radio playing the hits of those days. Not only was Phil an amazing master craftsman, passionately and painstakingly shaping the timber for replacing parts of his yacht. He was a welder and a shipwright and tackled the plumbing , electricals, mechanicals, fibreglassing, painting repairing rigging, spars, staunchons, lines and a million other things involved in the refurbishment of a classic yacht. Whiile teaching me the basics of these. I am eternally grateful to him for this. He could whip up a tasty meal and played a bit of acoustic guitar, once writing and singing his own beautiful, sad and heartfelt composition for the end of a relationship with a lover. We remained great friends after I moved off Defiance but it was increasingly obvious that his dream was never to be realised due to the massive costs of materials and labour when he needed to employ tradesmen, slipway costs, general berthing or mooring costs after the free berths at the ANL terminal were banned. Sadly when Phil became HIV + ,he struggled with the reality of this and that his dream would never be realised . I continued to help him renovate Defiance but Phil's spark had gone out. When living on his beloved boat was not an option due to his health he moved to a rented house with his partner. He would laugh and call himself a 'landubber '. When he passed away I created the panel, painting a simple painting of his yacht and we also stitched his navy patches around the panel befitting the legacy he left . I am forever grateful that Phil was my teacher, mentor, big brother, mate In my life and I was devestated by his passing. His spirit lives on in all that we shared and all that he taught me". Dan Webb, 2021 -
Visit the page Susan Christine Solomon - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'SUSAN CHRISTINE SOLOMON / 14.02.52 - 15.03.95 / TR', cotton / canvas, made in New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation. White background with mauve cotton dress with white polka dots sewn on. In the centre of the dress is a printed colour photograph of Susan. Above the dress are the words 'SUSAN CHRISTINE SOLOMON' and the dates '14.02/52-15.03.95'. Below is attached a small toy wombat and the words 'The Affinity Continues' machine embroidered in brown cotton.