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2 unusual facts about David McDiarmid


David McDiarmid

One of these protests, outside the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Headquarters on 11 July 1972, protested the refusal by ABC Management to show a segment on Gay Liberation featuring Dennis Altman as part of the programme This Day Tonight; it was during this peaceful protest that McDiarmid was arrested, the first such arrest at a gay rights protest in Australia.

Paradise Garage also served as an inspiration for a suite of work to which McDiarmid gave the title "Disco Kwilts", produced between 1979 and 1981, which then newly produced available material holographic reflective Mylar sheeting.



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