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Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, divided into two halves (red and white similar to the flag of Malta). The left hand half is white cotton with 'Sam' painted in red in the centre of it. The right hand half is painted red with a royal blu…

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Visit the page ‘Alex' - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'ALEX', cotton / wood / metal / ink / synthetic textile / rope, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1990 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, made up using an Australian flag as the background. The Southern Cross stars have been coloured with pinky red ink (similar to the New Zealand flag: Alex had connections with New Zealand), and the name ALEX in black letters machine appliqued onto a red square below the Union Jack. At the left edge of the flag, is a long pocket through which runs a rope. A wooden toggle is attached to the top of this rope. This quilt panel was made by Libby Woodhams, a friend, in Sydney, New South Wales, in about 1990
Visit the page James Neale - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, with a purple background. On the top left hand corner, the following is written in gold paint '5th Nov 1933 James Neale, Feb 1990 Scorpio'. On the left hand side of the panel there is a rectangular patch in mauve bordered in gold metallic thread with a loop in the bottom centre. The following is written in black ink on the patch: 'The Beauty of Life, The Sadness and Grief of DEATH, are Intertwined with the Constancy and Steadfastness of LOVE. To Jim from his friends Steven and Omar, from Obituary in Sydney Star'. On the right hand side there is a silk painting with a pink background and a large orange sun with pink rays in the centre. Between the silk painting and the purple patch, the following is written in gold paint ' Dame Margot Fonteyn, Rudolph Nureyev' above ballet shoes made from pink satin with metallic ties. Below the shoes, the following is written in gold paint 'Les Sylphides. James Neale - Benno' then 'Wagner, Mahler and The Gold of the Pharoahs'. There is a purple patch in the centre bottom of the panel with Egyptian hieroglyphics outlined in black ink. The panel is bordered with gold metallic thread. The panel was made by a friend in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia about 1991. James Neale had given the friend the necessary details when he asked her to make the panel.
Visit the page ‘Doug' - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, with a background of a blue green flowered batik style print. The letters of 'Doug' are made from red material with small white flowers and then machine appliqued in a half circle in the middle of the panel. Five flowers made with petals of padded yellow material and small print padded centres are machine appliqued onto the background. The numbers 4 6 57 and 10 6 89 are appliqued in navy blue material (dotted with orange flowers) onto two yellow panels at the bottom of the panel. This quilt panel was made by Doug's lover in Queensland, Australia in 1990. It may have been presented at the Unfolding ceremony in Canberra in 1990. It was presented to the Brisbane Unfolding in 1991. In a covering letter, the maker says 'Quilt making has helped me greive (sic), helped me appreciate, helped me say goodbye, but I wont forget.' Making the quilt had presented many challenges to the maker who had never hand sewn or used an old cantankerous machine. The yellow flowers were the worst problem because the yellow was sturdy and the background much softer. He was pleased with the overall results, especially the letters of the name which he wanted to do by hand -'big and awkward as mine are for small work.' The maker explained the materials used in the panel. It is made from a piece of Indian batik that Doug had used as a sarong. The yellow flowers represent Doug's love of flowers both in the garden and inside the house. 'Those we hold most dear live in our hearts forever.'
Visit the page Bradley Chalmers - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, with a lavender cotton background and the letters 'Bradley' in pink machine appliqued letters along the left hand edge of the panel and 'Chalmers 1990' in pink machine appliqued letters along the bottom of the panel. The remainder of the panel is made up of five white triangles machine sewn on: three each have a brightly painted parrot and two each have a brightly painted kookaburra. There are three hearts on the wing of each kookaburra. All are facing to the left. There is an outline of a ring in ink next to one of the kookaburras.
Visit the page Donnie Smith - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. 'Donnie Smith/ Mandy/ Sydney ' is machine appliqued in gold lurex letters across a background patchwork of rich metallic brocade. To the left of the lettering, a machine appliqued owl made from rich metallic brocades sits on a branch. The owl has a necklace of pearls. The whole is framed in gold lurex material. This panel was made in memory of Donnie Smith (Mandy), who died in 1990. The Sydney Star Observer of 26/1/1990 states that Donnie Smith spent 25 years in community life and was involved in the Knights of the Chameleons, Australia's oldest gay social and fund raising group. He organised many of their events such as the Arts Ball. He worked at Patches, a gay venue, wrote for Campaign and was on the Mardi Gras Committee. He became a CSN carer and raised money for the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation and the AIDS Unit at Prince Henry Hospital. He was also a shareholder in the Sydney Star Observer. For 24 years he ran the annual Toy Night for the Ashfield Infants' Home.
Visit the page On memory of those who died of AIDS in the Hunter Region - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation. 'Hunter Region' is machine appliqued in cream fabric at the bottom of the panel. The panel has a lighthouse (padded and machine appliqued) in the centre standing on a bluff overlooking the sea and beaches with hills in the background. The lighthouse is probably Nobby's Head Lighthouse in Newcastle, New South Wales. There are three islands off the shore and white wave caps. In the top part of the panel seven rays or beams of light come from the light house in alternating gold, silver and aqua lurex. The silhouettes of seven white birds fly over these beams. On the bottom left hand edge there is a bunch of purple grapes. All of this is machine appliqued. It was a joint effort of Newcastle Gay Support Group, Royal Newcastle Hospital, MacKillop House and the Hunter Region Branch of the AIDS Council of NSW. It was funded by the Newcastle Gay Support Group. It was made by a carer with the help of three other people.
Visit the page Michael Carter - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, with a border of green painted gum leaves on a cream silk background. There are two peach coloured flowers (chrysanthemums ?) on stalks with green leaves in the centre. 'Michael Carter ' is painted in turquoise and outlined in peach at the bottom of the panel. This quilt panel was made by a friend, with help from Libby Woodhams, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in about 1990.

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