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Sydney Queer Walking Tour
Sydney Queer Walking Tour
Sydney Queer Walking Tour
Sydney Queer Walking Tour
Sydney Queer Walking Tour

Sydney Queer Walking Tour

By Queer Sydney Walking Tour
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$50 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

You'll learn about the city's rich and varied queer histories and hear the stories of prominent queer citizens of the city, as well as important parts of the cultural scene, including the internationally renowned Mardi Gras parade.

Given the often hidden nature of queer history, this tour will provide a picture of what we know about indigenous Australia's view on diverse sexual orientation and gender, as well as the circumstances and stories of our queer forebears during the colonial period and into the early 20th century.

We will then bring into focus the period of social upheaval reforms that burst into the mainstream from the 1970's onwards, including the significance of the first Mardi Gras in 1978 and the following decades of protest, partying, and dealing with the HIV epidemic.

Activity location

  • Archibald Memorial Fountain
    • Hyde Park,
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 184 Phillip St
    • 184 Phillip Street
    • 2000, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Sydney Queer Walking Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English
Starting time: 10:30 am
Price details
AU$50.00 x 1 AdultAU$50.00
Total
Price is AU$50.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedCoffee and/or Tea

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Archibald Memorial Fountain
  • 30m
You’ll see hidden histories from colonial times into the 1970sWe’ll start at the Archibald fountain, a location which symbolises the hidden queer histories of the city. We’ll cast our minds back to what we know about Indigenous Australia’s attitude to queerness, prior to the arrival of British colonisation. We’ll then look at how colonial Australia from 1788 treated LGBT people, and how despite the often hostile environment, queer people lived and loved.
Emden Gun
  • 30m
At Whitlam Square, we’ll explore how the period of 1970s was the beginning of the gay rights era making claims for fairness and equality. We’ll discuss the role the media played, as well as how the different parts of Australia responded to these claims
Green Park
  • 30m
We’ll wind our way through the backstreets of Darlinghurst with a coffee/tea stop along the way at a cute local café to Green Park. Here we’ll have the opportunity to consider how Sydney handled the HIV epidemic in the early 1980s, including many successes along with ongoing challenges in the face of homophobia and transphobia into the 1990s and 2000s.
Kinselas Hotel
  • 30m
We’ll reach Taylors Square, the last stop, and discuss what happened in June 1978 at the first Mardi Gras at that very spot and why it is still a powerful calling to Queer Sydney today. We’ll discuss how it’s changed over the years, from the general public initially being very wary of it to today, where there is a strong community embracing it in the identity of the city.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESArchibald Memorial Fountain
    • Hyde Park,
    • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE184 Phillip St
    • 184 Phillip Street
    • 2000, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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