On May 22, 1984, homosexuality was decriminalised in NSW. What was an important milestone for equality and civil rights was overshadowed in the decade that followed by an epidemic of gay hate crimes that marked one of Sydney’s darkest chapters.  

The breathtaking panorama looking out from Marks Park in Tamarama across the Pacific Ocean has long been considered one of the most beautiful vantage points on the Sydney coastline. 

The inspiration for the Bondi Memorial’s ‘Rise’ artwork came from the very site it stands upon, where the dark chapters of LGBTQ history the memorial commemorates took place. 

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