PMI Victorian History Library

Subcultures of Friendship, Male Homosexual Lives in Mid-Century Victoria David and Wayne will guide us through Subcultures of Friendship made in a Mid-Century Melbourne. Wayne Murdoch is going to focus on Melbourne in the 1920s and 30s. His information is based on the research done for his book Kamp Melbourne in the 1920s and ’30s: Trade, Queans and Inverts. Dr David Gould will focus on the 1940s and 50s sharing with us information gathered while researching his book Survivors and Thrivers - Male homosexual lives in postwar Australia. Dr David Gould founded and is Secretary of Carlton Pride, the official LGBTI+ supporter group of the (AFL) Carlton Football Club. His book ‘Survivors and Thrivers. Male homosexual lives in postwar Australia’ was published in June 2023 Wayne Murdoch has been interested in Australian social history and Queer history for over 30 years. He is the author of Kamp Melbourne in the 1920s and ‘30s. Bookings are essential with a gold coin for entry.