Don Dunstan was a Labor member of the South Australian parliament for over twenty-five years and premier for ten during the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. As premier he presided over a period of significant reform and political and cultural reinvigoration in South Australia. His involvement in political life, across many arena, continued until his death on 6 February 1999. He was described in a newspaper report at the time of his death as 'one of the two great post-war Labor renaissance leaders'.1 On the occasion of the memorial service to commemorate Dunstan the Adelaide Festival Centre was adorned with a banner that read 'Don Dunstan 1926-1999 — A Great Australian'. Dunstan had long been associated with homosexuality. The representation of this association in public responses to his death is the subject of this article.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Indigenous Studies
Research Group:	Other Indigenous studies
Research Field:	Other Indigenous studies not elsewhere classified
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies
UTAS Author:	Baird, BJ (Dr Barbara Baird)
ID Code:	22533
Year Published:	2001
Deposited By:	Philosophy
Deposited On:	2001-08-01
Last Modified:	2011-08-03
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