Little Figures, Long Shadows – LGBTIQA+ people from Ballarat’s history

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Little Figures, Long Shadows is an exhibition of 3D printed busts of 10 historical LGBTIQA+ people with a connection to Ballarat - some were born here, others were raised here, some worked here, and some found their final rest here.

People featured include: trans man Edward de Lacy Evans, gay bushrangers Andrew George Scott, aka Captain Moonlite and his partner James Nesbitt, lesbian fitness coach Harriet Elphinstone-Dick and her partner Alice Moon, lesbian sculptor Adela Dora Ohlfsen-Bagge, lesbian icon Ethel May Punshon, bisexual poet and activist Lesbia Harford, queer poet Aileen Palmer and trans woman and engineer Rebecca Norton.

The exhibition busts were 3D printed at the Maker Space in the Ballarat Library.

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  • Disabled access available, contact operator for details.
Until 24 May
Ballarat Library
178 Doveton Street North, Ballarat Central VIC 3350

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