Join the WestPride Archives for a Working Bee to celebrate Pride Month and delve into the archive!

WestPride Archives (formerly the Gay and Lesbian Archives WA or GALAWA) was registered as an incorporated association in 1998. WestPride Archives preserves and curates a collection of historically significant materials relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex, queer, Brotherboy and Sistergirl and Asexual (LGBTIQA+) Western Australians. WestPride Archives collections are currently held in the Special Collections Library, Murdoch University, Western Australia. The collection goes back over 90 years.

The Archive is run by a small committee of dedicated volunteers, working hard to catalogue and protect the collection. We usually operate during the week, but run regular weekend sessions to catalogue and digitise select collections.

This session is focussed specifically on the collections and archives of gay, bi and queer men in WA.

This event is sponsored by the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Portfolio at Murdoch University.

Agenda of the Working Bee:

Meet the Committee
Learn about the Collections we'll be exploring.
Receive Archival Cataloguing Induction and Training
Participate in Cataloguing Working Bee
Have lunch and connect with the community

Parking: Parking at Murdoch University is free on weekends. Car Park 3 is closest to the Library

Accessibility: The space is wheelchair and mobility aid accessible, and large enough for spacing out. Masks will be available. Please inform us of any accessibility needs, and we will arrange supports.

Lunch: Please share your dietary requirements upon registration.

Materials: Please bring a laptop, if you have one.

Murdoch University and the West Pride Archives would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk and Binjareb Noongar People as the first owners of the land on which Murdoch University now stands. We pay our respect to elders past and present, and acknowledge the enduring culture of community, identity, and belonging that have been found on this land.

Contact the host of POSTPONED WestPride Archiving Day: Histories of LGBTIQA+ Men in WA