Maddee Clark: Against Authenticity

http://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-215/feature-maddee-clark/

“For me, it is not because being Indigenous and being queer are mutually exclusive, but because I always assumed being queer meant being white. Anyone from a marginalised background can tell you that representation is important.”

Lesbians in Sydney

“It is likely that sexual relationships between Aboriginal women constituted recognised forms of sexual behaviour which were included in ritual activities prior to European settlement. However, very few accounts of same-sex activity between women exist from this period and it is therefore extremely difficult to draw any firm conclusions for the Sydney region.”

http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/sydney_journal/article/viewFile/915/1244