There are also a number who deserve explicit recognition:
Jo Harrison and Gary Wotherspoon for encouragement and advice in the formative stages of the project.
The Northern
Territory
Archives Service for funding the major research phase under an NT
History
Grant; especially Pat Jackson, Gavin McCargill, Francoise Barr and
Francis
Good for their insight, assistance and advice in tracing the
untraceable
through box after box of documents.
Graham
Willett and the volunteers of the Lesbian and Gay Archives.
Paul Smith, Graham Pearce, Jon Willis, Rose Conolly, Phil Walcott, Peter Strickland and Jim Wafer for providing access to their personal collections.
News Limited and Erwin Chlanda for permission to reproduce numerous items from the Centralian Advocate, NT News and Alice Springs News.