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Australian Queer Archives is the largest repository of library, archive and museum material relating to Australian LGBT history, and international LGBT history in Australia. Museum of Brisbane: Prejudice and Pride Exhibition Material 1980-2010, State Library Queensland
When marriages are entered into, whether in Australia or elsewhere, for the purpose of enabling the non-citizen to obtain an Australian visa to enter or stay in Australia, Australian authorities may investigate whether such a marriage is a sham.
In the later stages of the 40th Parliament, public attention increased with respect to same-sex marriage due to court decisions in Massachusetts and Canada legalising same-sex marriage. Two Australian same-sex couples married in Canada in 2004 and lodged an application in the Family Court of Australia in Victoria, seeking legal recognition of ...
Australian Marriage Equality (AME) was an advocacy group driven by volunteers who came together to pursue the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia. AME partnered with a diverse range of organisations and supporters across the country to end the exclusion of same-sex LGBTIQ couples from marriage in Australia. [1]
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Australia since 9 December 2017. Legislation to allow it, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, passed the Parliament of Australia on 7 December 2017 and received royal assent from Governor-General Peter Cosgrove the following day.
The Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia which regulates marriage in Australia.Since its passage in 1961, it has been amended on numerous occasions and applies uniformly throughout Australia (including its external territories); and any law made by a state or territory inconsistent with the Act is invalid.
The museum's collection, known as the National Historical Collection, includes over 210,000 objects. [25] The collection focuses on three themes: the culture and history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Australian history and culture since European settlement in 1788, and interactions between people and the Australian environment.
However, the rate of civil marriages varied between states and territories, with a civil marriage rate of 75.5% in New South Wales, 81.2% in Victoria, 84.3% in Queensland, 79.7% in South Australia, 84.1% in Western Australia, 86.8% in Tasmania, 83.9% in the Northern Territory and 82.7% in the Australian Capital Territory. [4] Marriage by ...