Marriage: Love and Law exhibition catalogue - Flipbook - Page 124
TOWARDS
EQUALITY
By the end of the 20th Century, de facto couples enjoyed
the same legal rights as married couples in Australia. In the
30 years to 2000, the rate of cohabitation had increased
four-fold. However, while de facto and married couples were
considered equal, people in same-sex relationships did not
have the legal right to marry. In response to this, there were
increasing calls for marriage to be extended to same-sex
couples in Australia as it had been elsewhere.
91 Jeffrey Samuels
Rings, marriage equality
Acrylic paint and printing ink
on archival paper and mount
board
2016
National Art School Collection,
gift of the artist 2018
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