Murphy, Peter

 

Peter Murphy

Peter was born in Brisbane and came to Sydney as part of the Divine Word Missionaries and studied at Macquarie University. He supported student activism against Penn Short’s dismissal as a trainee teacher. After 1975 he joined the Australian Communist Party and with other members advocated trade unionism and campaigns against workplace discrimination in the gay movement. He remembers supporting the idea of the Mardi Gras at meetings and on the night has clear recollections of the police actions and his arrest and bashing. He has been part of the 78ers commemorations since 1997.

 

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MPride History GroupMacquarie University, Vietnam War, Vatican Two, Moratorium, Marist Brothers, Jeff Hayler, Penn Short, Gay Liberation, Communist Party, Sydney University, Australian Union of Students, First Mardi Gras, National Homosexual Conference, Mardi Gras 78er, Mardi Gras, Lance Gowland, Festival of Light Rally, Gay Trade Unionists