art Collection

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A collection of articles about various historic and modern artworks, poems, songs, tv shows and films, statues and more, that are directly inspired by the people and stories that are on this website.

When a subject like LGBTIQA+ people's very existence is taboo, the arts gives society a safe place to talk about, share and discover LGBTIQA+ stories and people. 

For example, during the 1800s when people were being arrested and charged for wearing clothes not associated with their gender assigned at birth, on the stage, drag artists were celebrated forms of entertainment. You can see more in our Drag collection. 

One of the earliest films make in Australia was 'Captain Moonlite', made in 1910. It included a touching scene of Moonlite reverently laying out the body of the character representing his real life lover, James Nesbitt.  

So here is a collection of artworks made in honour of the queer folk who lived, worked and loved on the Goldfields of Victoria, or appeared in the papers published around Victoria at that time. 

Image is camera operator (probably Alfred J. Moulton) during the shooting of the film ''Moonlite'' in 1910 (detail); collection of the National Film and Sound Archive, No.: 363163-1002) from: https://aguidetoaustralianbushranging.com/2019/11/06/captain-moonlite-the-bushranger-movie-that-vanished/