Sonic City Sydney by Spineless Wonders

The Letter T

Douglas St Redfern

Words by Tiger Salmon | Sounds by Rachael Adamson

A dyke can wear butch biker leathers and she can wear lipstick.
Queer youths consult fate on questions on dykeness in the ramshackle Redfern terraces of the 1980s.

About the Artists

TIGER SALMON (she/they) is a queer artist and writer from Melbourne. Current discussions about gender, feminism, identity, and queer representation inform her work.

RACHAEL ADAMSON is a Sydney-based artist and producer, who runs her own independent production company RaCreate. Working across mixed media and performance, her artistic practice blends material creations, performance and sonic arrangements to create dynamic, multi-sensory experiences.  Rachael loves working with artists to develop and share work with dynamic physicality, witty comedy and heart. You can find more of her work at www.racreate.com.au.

This story is part of 

Imaginative Recreation Project 2023 – sharing little-known stories from Sydney’s past.

Listen to all Imaginative Recreation stories here

curated + presented by

Spineless Wonders Publishing

SONIC CITY SYDNEY

Stories and sounds of Sydney. Sonic City Sydney is a series of audio-stories, each under five minutes in length, produced by Spineless Wonders and Echidna Audio and funded by the City of Sydney.