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Don't Forget to Remember by Amelia Barikin, Courtney Coombs, Callum McGrath, Spiros Panigirakis, and Tim Riley Walsh, published 02.05.2024

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Bill Morley

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Born in New South Wales.
Bill Morley, Class of 88, 1985, acrylic on cotton, 89 x 123cm

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Bill Morley (1949-2007) was an artist and DJ in the early 1980s at Stranded and resident DJ for Arthurs in Kings Cross. His legend began when he outraged the 1987 Mardi Gras party by playing the Blue Danube Waltz. His eclectic mix of all sounds remains an inspiration to young DJs. It is said he began drawing by studying the shading on the Art Deco fins of Buicks and Cadillacs. Morley was inducted into the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Hall of Fame in 2000. His papers are held in the collection of The Australian Queer Archives in Melbourne, and further aspects of his life are detailed in Papers of Jeffrey Stewart and Papers of Stephen Allkins in the AQUA collection.

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Gadigal (Sydney), New South Wales

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Further reading: "Class of 88"

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