British composer, orchestrator, conductor and record producer
Derek Williams
Born (1952-09-20 ) 20 September 1952 (age 71)
Gisborne , New ZealandOccupation(s) Composer Arranger Conductor Producer Musician Years active 1972–present Labels
Mushroom Records Website
derekwilliams .net
Musical artist
Derek Leslie Williams (born 20 September 1952) is a New Zealand-born Scottish composer,
orchestrator , conductor and record producer. He was awarded a
doctorate by the
University of Edinburgh under
Nigel Osborne and Peter Nelson for composition of his eponymous opera,
Wilde ,
[1]
[2] and he is a Fellow of
Trinity College London . Williams is a
civil rights activist also known for his
'Save Sibelius' campaign in the United Kingdom (2012–2013).
[3]
[4]
[5] Since 2007, he has taught Composition and Orchestration at the Edinburgh University
Reid School of Music . He is currently serving his 7th term as Chair of the
Wagner Society of Scotland ,
[6] a member of the
International Association of Wagner Societies .
[7]
Career
Williams first came to public notice in 1974, when he founded the
New Zealand School of Music through which he established the first non-university tertiary level qualification for conductors of music in the Southern Hemisphere.
[8]
[9] As arranger, orchestrator, conductor and musician commissioned by international artists
Caroline O'Connor ,
[10]
Sir Robert Helpmann ,
[11]
[12]
Torvill and Dean ,
Grace Knight ,
Frank Bennett ,
Debbie Newsome ,
Sir Howard Morrison , and prominent Australian screen composers
Martin Armiger ,
Guy Gross , and
Antony Partos , Williams is also known for his reorchestrations of tracks from hit records. His commissions have been performed in the Royal Albert Hall, Garrick Theatre and Kings Place (London), at the Sydney Opera House and Hamer Hall, Melbourne, Australia, and at the Montreux Jazz Festival. As a chorister, he performed in the 640 voice
Third International Choral Festival at the
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts under
Robert Shaw with Peter Godfrey's
Auckland University Festival Choir , as well as at The White House,
[13] the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the United Nations and at Westminster Abbey and King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
Williams was the orchestrator and conductor of the
Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra for Guy Gross's music for
Stephan Elliott 's
Frauds , starring
Phil Collins ,
Hugo Weaving and
Josephine Byrnes , and was choral and instrumental arranger of Gross's music for Elliott's
Oscar winning film
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert . He was the orchestrator and conductor for Martin Armiger's music for
The Crossing , starring
Russell Crowe , and was orchestrator for Antony Partos' music for
Crush , winner of Best Film Score at
New Zealand Film and TV Awards . Williams was arranger and conductor for the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation multi-platinum album
Vince Jones & Grace Knight – Come in Spinner from the
ABC miniseries
Come in Spinner for record producer Martin Armiger, which won the
ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album . He was producer, arranger and conductor for Frank Bennett's
EMI Music album Cash Landing , nominated at
ARIA Music Awards of 1999 for
Best Adult Contemporary Album .
[14]
[15] He was composer for Ruaridh M. Turner's The Beast in the Storm , which won Order of Merit in the Indie Fest
[16] and Best Action/Thriller/SciFi –
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards .
[17] In 2021 he was conductor of the Linlithgow String Orchestra
[18] and Abbotsford String Orchestra.
[19]
Biography
Born 1952 of Agnes ('Nancy') Williams (née Anderson) of
Bathgate , Scotland (office clerk) and New Zealander Edward ('Ted') Williams (farmer). Early childhood in
Gisborne, New Zealand and
Rotorua , studied at
Rosmini College (Auckland) 1964–1970. Studied Music 1971–74 at
University of Auckland under
Charles Nalden ,
Douglas Mews and
Peter Godfrey , winning the Professor Hollinrake Memorial Scholarship
[22]
[23] and Senior Scholarship Award
[24] as
BMus graduate. Studied piano with Mary Nathan,
[25]
Milford . Admitted
Fellow of Trinity College, London in 1977.
Descended from
Henry Williams , a missionary, and
Marianne Coldham , an educator,
[26] Williams' grandfather, Claud Williams, was a noted explorer of the Libyan Egyptian desert during World War 1
[27] who was awarded the
Military Cross for his Report on the Military Geography of the North-Western Desert of Egypt (War Office Handbook),
[28] used by the
Long Range Desert Group in the
Tobruk campaign against
Rommel . In 2010, the
Royal Geographical Society co-opted Williams as family representative for its publication of Claud's autobiographical memoir, Light Car Patrols 1916–19 ,
[29] and he was guest speaker at the 2013 book launch.
[30]
New Zealand
International choral tour
Williams (L) age 19 in
Auckland University Festival Choir uniform by
Colin Cole
[31] with friend after the choir's
Lincoln Center performance (26 April 1972).
World tour as a chorister with the 40-voice
Auckland University Festival Choir ,
[32]
[33] conducted by Professor
Peter Godfrey , a
Kings College, Cambridge alumnus and founder of the New Zealand Choral Federation and the
Symphonia of Auckland .
[34] During the 3rd
International University Choral Festival , at the United Nations, the choir participated in a massed chorus of 16 international choirs conducted by Willi Gohl,
[35]
[36] followed by a concert of 640 voices on 30 April 1972 at the
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
[37] New York under
Robert Shaw .
[38]
[39] During the US tour, the choir also performed at the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and at a
White House reception with the First Lady,
Pat Nixon ,
[13]
[40] on the eve of the breaking of the
Watergate scandal . In the United Kingdom, the Festival Choir performed at
Westminster Abbey and at
Kings College, Cambridge in a joint concert with
King's College Choir with
Sir David Willcocks . They were met by composer
Benjamin Britten and tenor
Peter Pears for the choir's recital at the
Snape Maltings
[41] : 33
[42]
[43] and the choir won praise
[44] for its performances in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Singapore. In 1998, there was a CD re-release
[45] of its LP, recorded straight after the world tour.
[46] Lauded as the "best choir New Zealand has produced",
[47] Godfrey's Festival Choir continued to hold decennial reunions until his death in 2017.
New Zealand School of Music
In 1974, Williams founded and until 1978 was governing director of the New Zealand School of Music Ltd
[48] under the patronage of the Mayor of Auckland,
Sir Dove-Myer Robinson and with the conductor of the
Symphonia of Auckland , Maestro Juan Matteucci,
[49] he established the first non-university tertiary level qualification for conductors of music in the Southern Hemisphere,
[9] followed by a similar course for percussionists.
[50]
[51]
[52]
[53]
[54]
Rotorua
During his tenure as teacher in charge of Music at
Rotorua Boys' High School from 1979 to 1985, Williams was also keyboards player for
Sir Howard Morrison .
[55] In 1984, Williams was seconded from teaching to work as a computer programmer of educational applications for New Zealand schools on the
Poly-1
[56]
[55] that allowed New Zealand educators to design and deliver curricula on class computer networks.
[57]
Aloha
In 1981 Williams was orchestrator and musical director for the world première and cast album of Eaton Magoon Jr and
Sir Robert Helpmann 's Hawaiian musical Aloha ,
[58] starring
Derek Metzger and directed by Robert Young for Hamilton Operatic Society at the
Founders Theatre . Aloha received favourable reviews, with the
New Zealand Herald reporting, "Derek Williams' orchestra helps to make the evening a success,"
[59]
[12]
[11] and a
cast recording produced by
Carl Doy was made of the show at
Mandrill Studios .
[60]
[61] The world premiere was followed in 1985 by a
Michael Edgley revival production at His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, directed by
Joe Layton , also starring
Metzger and Hollywood actress
Patricia Morison , with Williams continuing as production arranger and musical director.
[62]
[63]
[64]
Australia
From 1985, Williams was musical director and keyboards player for productions at
Australia's Wonderland ,
[65]
Phillip Street Theatre ,
[66]
Glen Street Theatre and Sydney Theatre Restaurants Ltd and from 1985 to 1988 he was orchestrator for the
Australian Singing Competition ,
[67] initially at the
Sydney Opera House . He was also a keyboards player for over 400 performances of
Cats for
Cameron Mackintosh
[55]
[68] at the
Theatre Royal, Sydney , the longest running show in Australian history, and for its 1994 revival by the
Really Useful Group at
Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney .
[69] Following the success of
ABC 's
Come in Spinner TV miniseries and platinum spin-off album
Vince & Grace , Williams was musical director and arranger for the opening concert of
Grace Knight 's promotional tour for
Kevin Jacobsen , as well as for tours with
Perfect Match star,
Debbie Newsome .
Williams was an early adopter and exponent of
digital music technology , using two
Kurzweil K250 ROM sample instruments in his orchestrations for the ill-fated
Australian Bicentenary musical
Manning Clark's History of Australia - The Musical , one of whose composers was record producer and film composer
Martin Armiger . Williams thereafter began working with Armiger in various roles for
15 film and TV scores and was also
orchestrator and conductor for leading screen composers
Guy Gross and
Antony Partos .
In 1989, Williams and Armiger were called as
expert witnesses in the
Federal Court of Australia supporting a copyright infringement case
[70] brought by
Guy Gross against
CBS Records Australia Limited and
Collette Roberts , with the court finding in the defendants' favour. Also in 1989, Williams was choral arranger and pianist for
Torvill and Dean 's album Here We Stand ,
[71] produced by
Kevin Stanton , and recorded while
Christopher Dean was laid up in Sydney, recuperating from a torn ligament.
[72]
From 1995 to 1997, Williams was musical director and Conductor of the Orchestra and Choir of the Waverley-Randwick Philharmonic Society,
[55]
[73]
[74]
[75] while studying conducting with
Myer Fredman .
In 1998, Williams was record producer, arranger and conductor for
Frank Bennett 's album Cash Landing
[76] for
EMI Music Australia , which was nominated for an
ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album (1999)
[77] and from 1989 to 2006, he was a
Higher School Certificate examiner and advisor in Music and Computing Studies for the
New South Wales Board of Studies while teaching at
Randwick Boys High School (1985–2006).
[55]
In 2005, Williams began a long-standing association with
Caroline O'Connor as arranger for her show
End of the Rainbow at the
Sydney Opera House
[78] and for her album A Tribute to Garland
[79] recorded at the Opera House, and launched in an outdoor big band concert in Sydney's
Taronga Park
[80] with Williams as keyboardist. Williams was also commissioned as arranger for her debut performance at
Kander and Ebb –
The Night of 1000 Voices 2007 at the
Royal Albert Hall , subsequently for her
Garrick Theatre season of The Showgirl Within ,
[81]
[82] and for the opening of
Hamer Hall, Melbourne .
[83]
[84]
Scotland
Williams was répétiteur and assistant conductor for
Edinburgh Grand Opera 's production of
Faust ,
[86] and was musical director for the
Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group 's production of
Salad Days for the 2007
Edinburgh Festival Fringe . He was also Funding Manager for
Edinburgh Studio Opera
[87] and the
Edinburgh Contemporary Music Ensemble .
[88]
In 2008, Williams joined with Professor
Nigel Osborne in his Balkans
Music Therapy camps in Mostar and Rakovica for
Bosnian War orphans, on behalf of
Edinburgh University . He was also commissioned by Osborne to create
Vienna Symphonic Library transcriptions of his orchestral arrangements for the
Bootleg Beatles concerts It Was Fifty Years Ago Today , with the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at the
Royal Albert Hall
[89] and
Echo Arena Liverpool .
[90]
[91]
In 2013, Williams' one act opera Medea
[92]
[93]
[94] received its world premiere at the Edinburgh Jazz Bar during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and was repeated
[95] at Edinburgh University's
Reid Concert Hall .
In 2015, Williams was arranger, conductor and composed additional music for the
Glenfiddich 21 Year Old Whisky ad campaign featuring
Calma Carmona performing the
Franz Ferdinand song
Love Illumination with the orchestra of the
Scottish Opera arranged and conducted by Williams, which gained 1.7 million hits on YouTube.
[96]
[97]
[98]
[99] In 2018, the Hindemith Trio
commissioned and performed the world premiere of Williams' The Traveller for the Fondazione Giorgio e Aurora Giovannini at the
Parma Conservatory , Italy.
[100]
Williams was elected Chair of the Wagner Society of Scotland in 2017,
[6] and has presented lectures on
The Third Reich ,
Wahnfried ,
Siegfried Wagner and the
Christianity of Richard Wagner .
[101]
[102] He represents the Society at the
Bayreuth Festival and at the annual
RWVI Congress.
[7]
LGBT+ rights activism
After having worked with
New Zealand Labour Party MP
Fran Wilde in support of her
Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 ,
[55] from 1990 Williams became involved with
LGBT rights in New South Wales , initially as a witness for a discrimination case brought by Redjoy Pty Ltd (trading as 'Gai Expectations') against Sydney City Council Employees Credit Union, interviewed on
Nine Network 's
A Current Affair by
Eric Campbell .
[103]
In 1991, amid a
spate of murders of gay men by school-age youths,
[104] Williams co-founded and was six times re-elected co-convenor of the
Gay & Lesbian Teachers & Students Association (GaLTaS),
[105]
[106]
[107] established to publicise widespread problems of
anti-gay bullying and
violence in Australian schools, and to provide support to its victims. Early in his co-convenorship of GaLTaS, Williams, a co-lobbyist and some of the
affected LGBT+ students were granted a meeting by New South Wales Education Minister
Virginia Chadwick at the
New South Wales Parliament .
[108] He was later interviewed with Chadwick by
Quentin Dempster on
The 7.30 Report , following which she announced new Anti-Discrimination Procedures for Students to help affected students obtain redress and to complete their education.
[109]
In March 1992, Williams featured as a guest representing GaLTaS in a televised dinner hosted by Australian actress
Sophie Lee on the
Nine Network 's TV series
Sex episode "Homosexuality",
[55]
[110]
[111] together with
Festival of Light politician and outspoken LGBT+ rights opponent
Fred Nile , as well as representatives from the
Parents and Citizens (P&C) and the
Australian Medical Association (AMA). Williams was subsequently interviewed with AMA President
Kerryn Phelps on the
Today Show concerning ongoing issues of school homophobia.
[112]
[113]
In March 1993, after GaLTaS was awarded a Federal National Youth Grant of $30,000 (=c.$68,300 equivalent in 2023)
[114] by the
Australian Government ,
[115] female GaLTaS co-convenor Jacqui Griffin's The SchoolWatch Report : A Study into Anti-Lesbian and Anti-Gay Harassment and Violence in Australian Schools (with Epilogue by Derek Williams),
[116]
[117] was launched in 1995 at
Randwick Boys High School (where Williams taught) by Virginia Chadwick.
[118]
Following the launch of the Griffin SchoolWatch Report , Williams established the SchoolWatch Committee
[119] comprising representatives from the
New South Wales Department of Education , the New South Wales
Parents and Citizens Association,
[120] MP
Clover Moore , the
New South Wales Teachers Federation , the
Independent Education Union , and the
New South Wales Anti-discrimination Board to address ongoing issues of school bullying,
[121]
suicidal ideation ,
suicide among LGBT youth
[122] and homicide
[104]
[123]
[124] by students, via workshops,
[125] teacher training and books in schools programmes.
[126]
[127]
[128]
[129] The
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Attitude program
[130]
[131] and Channel 9's
60 Minutes broadcast television documentaries covering GaLTaS' endeavours to keep LGBT+ students at school. From May 1993, Williams began to call on the parliament to remove private schools' LGBT+ related exemptions from the New South Wales
Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 .
[132]
In March 1997, the Nine Network's
60 Minutes programme ran a documentary on the homophobic bullying of 13-year-old Christopher Tsakalos,
[133]
[134] interviewing Williams, Christopher and his mother Vicky Tsakalos, in which students at Cranebrook High School
[135] were filmed yelling abuse across the school playground. The story was followed up both in Australia's major mastheads, and internationally.
[136]
[137]
[138] In February 1997, Williams raised the Tsakalos case in his address to the
Parliament of Australia forum on youth suicide convened by then Prime Minister,
John Howard ,
[139]
[140] working with
PFLAG who also attended.
During the Justice
James Roland Wood
Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service , Williams represented GaLTaS in submissions on behalf of LGBT+ teachers and students, and was again interviewed on the 7:30 Report by Quentin Dempster.
[141] In December, Williams was a GaLTaS witness in Jacqui Griffin's successful discrimination case against the Sydney Catholic Education Office,
[142]
[143] adjudicated by the
Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission under
Chris Sidoti .
[144]
[145]
In 1998, GaLTaS was absorbed into the
New South Wales Teachers Federation as a Special Interest Group,
[146] with Williams as a founding member. Since 2008, Williams has been active in
LGBT+ politics in Scotland and in 2018, was co-opted as Meetings Secretary of the
Edinburgh University Staff Pride Network .
[147]
[148]
[149]
Credits
Filmography
Commissioning composers:
Martin Armiger ,
Guy Gross ,
Antony Partos , Roy Hubermann, David Kimber
Commissioning organisations:
Royal Hospital for Sick Children , Edinburgh,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ,
Nine Network ,
EMI Music Australia ,
Festival Mushroom Records , Picture This Music,
John Singleton Ltd
Derek Williams credited as Arranger,
Orchestrator , Composer,
Associate Composer , Conductor or Musician in the following moving image works:
Film
The Beast in the Storm , Turner Gang, (2016) composer, orchestrator, musician, audio engineer
Hildegarde ,
Screen Australia , (2001) orchestrator
Empire ,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation , (1997) orchestrator
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ,
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment , (1994) orchestrator
Frauds , J & M Entertainment, (1993) orchestrator, conductor, composer – additional music
Crush , Australian Film Council, (1992) orchestrator
Blinky Bill ,
Yoram Gross Productions , (1992) orchestrator, conductor
The Crossing ,
Beyond International Group , (1990) orchestrator, conductor, piano, composer – additional music
Ring of Scorpio ,
Film Finance Corporation Australia ,
BBC Television , and
Nine Network , (1990) orchestrator, conductor, composer – additional music
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy ,
Seven Network , (1989) arranger, orchestrator
Television
Glenfiddich 21yo – TV & Online Media Campaign (2015) composer additional music, arranger/orchestrator, conductor, mixing and mastering engineer
Hard Knox , Peter Bloomfield, (2001) orchestrator, composer – additional music
Thank God He Met Lizzie , Stamen Films Ltd, (1997) orchestrator
Seven Deadly Sins ,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation , (1993) arranger, musician
The Other Side of Paradise ,
Network Ten , (1992) orchestrator, conductor, composer – additional music
Children of the Dragon ,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation , based on
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 , (1991) orchestrator, conductor
Police Rescue ,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation , (1992) composer – additional music, arranger, keyboard programming
Come in Spinner ,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation , (1990) arranger, orchestrator, conductor
Body Surfer ,
Ian Barry (1989) orchestrator, conductor, musician
The Last Resort ,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation , (1988) orchestrator, conductor, composer – additional music
Seven Network TV Sports ID's, and Station ID Let's Celebrate '88 (1988)
Documentary
Mail Porter ,
Royal Hospital for Sick Children , Edinburgh, (2015) composer, orchestrator, musician, audio engineer
Plot for Peace , (2013) orchestrator – Empire
The Making of Longbird ,
Edinburgh College of Art (2012) musician
Black Swan ,
Antony Partos (1995) orchestrator
Widows , Roy Hubermann – Australian movie (1994) arranger, orchestrator
The Wonderful World of Dogs ,
Mark Lewis , (1990) composer – additional music
In Grave Danger of Falling Food , 220 Productions –
Bill Mollison (1989) composer, arranger, orchestrator, musician
Flashbacks ,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1988) audio engineer
Discography
Year
Title
Artist / producer
Derek Williams credited as
Genre
Record label
Format
ID
Notes
2015
Mail Porter
Sandie Jamieson for
Royal Hospital for Sick Children , Edinburgh
composer, orchestrator, musician, audio engineer
Documentary
Edinburgh Sick Kids Friends Foundation]
DVD
Mail Porter (Video 2015) at
IMDb
Historical documentary prior to move to Little France site
2009
Encounters
The Edinburgh Quartet
Derek Williams
producer, composer
Classical
Edinburgh University
2 CD
ASIN
B07B1TMNYV
funded by the Roberts Fund
2005
A Tribute to Garland
Caroline O'Connor
arranger, orchestrator, musician
Musical theatre
Artists Unlimited
CD
Recorded at the
Sydney Opera House
2004
Glen Wood Tap, The Syllabus
Glen Wood
composer, musician, sound recordist
Tap dance
Glen Wood Tap
DVD set
CD set
1998
Cash Landing
Frank Bennett
producer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor
Jazz , Pop
Capitol ,
EMI Music Australia ,
Virgin
CD Album
EMI UPC =
7243 4 98085 2 2
ARIA Award nomination
CD Single
Virgin UPC =
7243 8 86610 2 7
Opportunities
Australian Dance Assessment Program
Penelope Lancaster
producer, arranger, pianist, sound recordist
Ballet
ADV
4 CD
New Zealand Choral Music
Auckland University Festival Choir , conductor Peter Godfrey
chorister
Classical
Choral
Kiwi Pacific Records International Ltd
CD
SLD-108
Recorded after 1972 world tour
1994
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Guy Gross
choral arranger
Film score
Polydor
CD
731451693724
Won
Oscar
1993
Seven Deadly Sins
Martin Armiger
arranger, keyboardist
TV
ABC Music
CD
EAN = 9399051446327
1992
Frauds
Guy Gross ,
Stephan Elliott
orchestrator, arranger, conductor, composer additional music
Film score
Mushroom
CD
9398601009920
Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra
1990
The Crossing
Martin Armiger
orchestrator, conductor, composer additional music
Film score
Regular
CD Album
EAN = 9399609333628
CD Single
Nature Boy
(
Kate Ceberano )
Vince and Grace (Come in Spinner )
Martin Armiger
arranger, conductor
TV
ABC TV
DVD
ASIN
B00D09B3FE
ABC Music
CD
ASIN
B013Q7JS9C
Multi Platinum sales
1989
Torvill and Dean – Here We Stand
Kevin Stanton
choir arranger, pianist
Vocal
Laser Records
CD
Recalled by the duo on their website (1989)
Hammard
HAM 196
1988
Manning Clark's History of Australia – The Musical
Martin Armiger
arranger, orchestrator, musician
Musical theatre
Polydor
Vinyl LP
835 591–1
1981
Aloha, A Spectacular New Musical – Original Cast
Eaton Magoon Jr,
Robert Helpmann
musical director, conductor, arranger, orchestrator
Musical theatre
Hawaiian
Vinyl LP
HOS-101
Shortcode = rl942
Producer
Carl Doy
1972
New Zealand Composer Edition
Auckland University Festival Choir, conductor Peter Godfrey
chorister
Classical
Choral
Kiwi
Vinyl LP
SLD-31
World Tour 1972
Education
PhD,
BMus ,
DipEd ,
FTCL ,
LMusTCL ,
DipTeach (
NSW ),
DipTchg (
NZ )
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"Eastern Sydney Chamber Orchestra & Choir" .
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The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia)
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Opera Australia .
^
A tribute to Garland (sound recording) / Caroline O'Connor. .
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^ Tribute to Garland . (2005).
Taronga Park , Sydney.
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"The Showgirl Within" .
^ (September 2010).
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Caroline O'Connor .
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^ ( 12–15 March 2008).
Poster.
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Faust .
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Edinburgh University .
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^ (1 June 2017).
" 'It Was Fifty Years Ago Today' A Concert celebrating Sgt Pepper and the Summer of Love" .
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^ Jones, Catherine. (1 June 2017).
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^
Medea , YouTube
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"Out of the closet and into the classroom" . Green Left . 6 September 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2023 .
^ (27 February 1993)
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Parliament of New South Wales .
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The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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Star Observer (Australia)
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"The Sydney gay beat murders revealed" .
Star Observer . Retrieved 20 April 2023 .
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How to Stop Classroom Homophobia conference.
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"Attitude | Library Sales – ABC Commercial" . 18 May 2022. Archived from
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"... and ain't i a woman?: Learning hatred from the church" .
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^
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"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEE ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS" (PDF) . 5 February 2023. Archived from
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"Special Interest Groups" . NSW Teachers Federation . Retrieved 20 April 2023 .
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"Contacts and Committee" . The University of Edinburgh . 3 June 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2023 .
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