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• FLASHBACK 1972: MISS ATRALIA, QUEENSLAND'S GAY WALKER, MAK BRIEF VIS TO PORT MACQUARIE
• MISS ATRALIA 1972, MISS GAY WALKER OF QUEENLAND, BEG CROWNED AT THE STATE THEATRE ATRALIA 1972, GAY WALKER OF QUEENSLAND, IS NGRATULATED BY HER GRANDMOTHER, MRS. M. WALKER, 79, AFTER HER CROWNG LAST WALKER TRAVELLED OM
• MISS ATRALIA 1972 GAY WALKER, WHO RETURNED OM HER TOUR OF EUROPE, ENGLAND, USA, MEXI, HONULULU AND FIJI PICTURED AT SYDNEY AIRPORT TODAY.
• MISS ATRALIA 1972, MISS GAY WALKER OF QUEENLAND, BEG CROWNED AT THE STATE THEATRE ATRALIA 1972, GAY WALKER OF QUEENSLAND, IS NGRATULATED BY HER GRANDMOTHER, MRS. M. WALKER, 79, AFTER HER CROWNG LAST WALKER TRAVELLED OM
• MISS AUSTRALIA 1972 GAY WALKER IN LONDON
• FORMER PRIME MISTER WILLIAM MCMAHON MEETS MISS ATRALIA GAY WALKER AT THE COM
• GAY CLARKE
• IN PHOTOS: BEHD THE SCEN AT MISS GAY AND MISS TRANSSEXUAL ATRALIA
• ROSEHILL RAC; MISS ATRALIAN GAY WALKER 20 WH RACEHORSE LIFE OF THE PARTY AT ROSEHILL RACEURSE TODAY. WH HER IS THE HORS STRAPPER TERRY SMH. CONNECTNS OF LIGHT PRAISE, JOCKEY J. THOMPSON, TRAER F. ALLSOP.

FLASHBACK 1972: MISS ATRALIA, QUEENSLAND'S GAY WALKER, MAK BRIEF VIS TO PORT MACQUARIE

Port t Pl Hicks, when lyg fourth place the t surf race, ught a good swell to e through and take out the Atralia Gay Walker wh atten at the mayoral receptn Port Macquarie, 1972. Photos om Port Macquarie Mm Atralia 1972, Queensland's Gay Walker, received a warm wele Port Macquarie on Monday, to lnch the Spastic Council's annual appeal. ImagCreativeVioCreativeEdorialMiss Atralia 1972, Miss Gay Walker of Queenland, beg crowned at the State Theatre Atralia 1972, Gay Walker of Queensland, is ngratulated by her grandmother, Mrs.

MISS ATRALIA 1972, MISS GAY WALKER OF QUEENLAND, BEG CROWNED AT THE STATE THEATRE ATRALIA 1972, GAY WALKER OF QUEENSLAND, IS NGRATULATED BY HER GRANDMOTHER, MRS. M. WALKER, 79, AFTER HER CROWNG LAST WALKER TRAVELLED OM

Walker, 79, after her crowng last Walker travelled omMiss Atralia 1972, Miss Gay Walker of Queensland, beg crowned at the State Theatre Atralia 1972, Gay Walker of Queensland, is ngratulated by her grandmother, Mrs. (Photo by Gee Lipman; Goldg/Fairfax Media via Getty Imag) Atralia 1972, Miss Gay Walker of Queensland, beg crowned at the State Theatre Atralia 1972, Gay Walker of Queensland, is ngratulated by her grandmother, Mrs. ImagCreativeVioCreativeEdorialMiss Atralia 1972 Gay Walker, who returned om her tour of Europe, England, USA, Mexi, Honululu and Fiji pictured at Sydney Airport Atralia 1972 Gay Walker, who returned om her tour of Europe, England, USA, Mexi, Honolulu and Fiji pictured at Sydney Airport today.

MISS ATRALIA 1972 GAY WALKER, WHO RETURNED OM HER TOUR OF EUROPE, ENGLAND, USA, MEXI, HONULULU AND FIJI PICTURED AT SYDNEY AIRPORT TODAY.

(Photo by Trevor Jam Robert Dallen/Fairfax Media via Getty Imag) Atralia 1972 Gay Walker, who returned om her tour of Europe, England, USA, Mexi, Honolulu and Fiji pictured at Sydney Airport today. [Bgraphil cuttgs on Gay Walker-Clarke, Miss Atralia 1972 and law tutor, ntag one or more cuttgs om newspapers or journals]. D., [Bgraphil cuttgs on Gay Walker-Clarke, Miss Atralia 1972 and law tutor, ntag one or more cuttgs om newspapers or journals].

| tle=[Bgraphil cuttgs on Gay Walker-Clarke, Miss Atralia 1972 and law tutor, ntag one or more cuttgs om newspapers or journals]. However, the veted Miss Atralia crown elud the shire girl, wh the tle beg won by Gay ntt, which was nducted for 45 years by the Spastic Centre, later renamed the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, was one of the natn's longt-nng and most succsful chary 1992, the name was changed to the Miss Atralia Awards "to reflect more closely the attus, achievements and aspiratns of young Atralian womanhood" entered the Miss Atralia Awards event me to an end 2000.

MISS ATRALIA 1972, MISS GAY WALKER OF QUEENLAND, BEG CROWNED AT THE STATE THEATRE ATRALIA 1972, GAY WALKER OF QUEENSLAND, IS NGRATULATED BY HER GRANDMOTHER, MRS. M. WALKER, 79, AFTER HER CROWNG LAST WALKER TRAVELLED OM

ImagCreativeEdorialVioCreativeMISS AUSTRALIA 1972 GAY WALKER IN LONDONMISS AUSTRALIA 1972 GAY WALKER wh Chaperon / Gay talkg to a Bobby out the ont of 10 Downg Street, London / She also talks about travelg and universy, Walker is asked if she thks beg Miss Atralia go agast woman's liberatn. Walker said is more than a bety AUSTRALIA 1972 GAY WALKER wh Chaperon / Gay talkg to a Bobby out the ont of 10 Downg Street, London / She also talks about travelg and universy, Walker is asked if she thks beg Miss Atralia go agast woman's liberatn.

ImagCreativeVioCreativeEdorial(AUSTRALIA OUT) Former Prime Mister William McMahon meets Miss Atralia Gay Walker at the Commonwealth offic Mart Place, 17 Febary 1972. SMH NEWS Picture by MARTIN BRANNAN (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Imag/Fairfax Media via Getty Imag via Getty Imag)(AUSTRALIA OUT) Former Prime Mister William McMahon meets Miss Atralia Gay Walker at the Commonwealth offic Mart Place, 17 Febary 1972. [Bgraphil cuttgs on Gay Walker, Miss Atralia, 1972, ntag one or more cuttgs om newspapers or journals].

MISS AUSTRALIA 1972 GAY WALKER IN LONDON

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FORMER PRIME MISTER WILLIAM MCMAHON MEETS MISS ATRALIA GAY WALKER AT THE COM

| tle=[Bgraphil cuttgs on Gay Walker, Miss Atralia, 1972, ntag one or more cuttgs om newspapers or journals]. Walker, Gay (birth name). Gay Clarke (then Walker) was crowned Miss Queensland then Miss Atralia 1972.

The followg addnal rmatn was provid by Gay Clarke and is reproduced wh permissn s entirety. Prepared by Gay Clarke.

GAY CLARKE

Backstage at Miss Transsexual and Miss Gay, there's a enzy of activy. Miss Gay nttant Mandy Moobs, a Brisbane tailor who has been dog drag for five years, and fellow Queensland petor Ta Bikki prepare for the 2016 pageant held at The Substatn Newport, wt of Melbourne. (ABC News: Margaret Bur) The bety queen pageant is divid to two tegori: Miss Gay Atralia, which aims to promote female impersonatn as an art form and Miss Transsexual Atralia, which promot visibily of transgenr women and transgenr rights.

(ABC News: Margaret Bur) The ntt's founr Gayzha Davao says the wner is not forced to have any surgery and she hop the prize helps to promote acceptance of transgenr people the broar muny. " Miss Gay Atralia 2016 wner Honey Montana says. ImagCreativeVioCreativeEdorialRosehill Rac; Miss Atralian Gay Walker 20 wh racehorse life of the Party at Rosehill Raceurse today.

IN PHOTOS: BEHD THE SCEN AT MISS GAY AND MISS TRANSSEXUAL ATRALIA

Rosehill Rac; Miss Atralian Gay Walker 20 wh racehorse life of the Party at Rosehill Raceurse today.

ROSEHILL RAC; MISS ATRALIAN GAY WALKER 20 WH RACEHORSE LIFE OF THE PARTY AT ROSEHILL RACEURSE TODAY. WH HER IS THE HORS STRAPPER TERRY SMH. CONNECTNS OF LIGHT PRAISE, JOCKEY J. THOMPSON, TRAER F. ALLSOP.

I believe the crown is now where belongs and will stand as a symbol of a time our untry's history when the needs and rights of people wh disabily were fally acknowledged and a young girl om any walk of life uld dream of beg a prcs for jt a Mm also holds llectns om natnal tleholrs cludg Helen Cooper, Joan Stanbury, Tania Verstak, Bliss Ryan, Jan Taylor and Gay Mm veloped a travellg exhibn, Miss Atralia: A Natn's Qut, which toured natnally om 2006.

Rosemary Fenton (1960) went on to wre a seri of okery books and Gay Walker (1972) beme a barrister and Atralia 1964, Jan Taylor, was only allowed to enter after her parents sought advice om their parish prit, who gave the all the Miss Atralia Qut beme the Miss Atralia Awards 1991, the sash, sceptre and gala balls were replaced wh bs sus and workg lunch. 1972 – Gay Walker. Gay Kayler- Miss Darlg Downs 1960.