Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Rainbow crossing, Summer Hill

Permanent crossing in the Lackey Street Piazza provided by Ashfield Council as a symbol of the gay community.

Milestone
Opened
2013
Type

Sydney's Rainbow Crossings

CC BY-SA 2.0
,
2016

On 25 February 2013, Sydneysiders woke to a rainbow crossing painted at the intersection of Taylor Square and Oxford Street, Darlinghurst - the starting point of Sydney's first ever Gay Mardi Gras march in 1978. Despite community support for the crossing, it was removed on 10 April sparking a do-it-yourself movement of pop-up rainbow crossings chalked on streets, footpaths and driveways all over Australia.