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Uniform - Textiles, Owen Huckel's Roo BC overlay, c.1970s-1980s, c1975

  • Owen Huckel's Roo BC overlay, c1970s-1980s_front

  • Image depicts the back of a sleeveless denim jacket, with yellow ribbon trim around the sleeve holes, a green and yellow ribbon off one shoulder, and a large back patch for 'Roo B.C. Sydney', the Roo Bike Club.

    Owen Huckel's Roo BC overlay, c1970s-1980s_back

  • Image depicts the back of a sleeveless denim jacket, with yellow ribbon trim around the sleeve holes, a green and yellow ribbon off one shoulder, and a large back patch for 'Roo B.C. Sydney', the Roo Bike Club.

Historical information

This motorcycle club overlay belonged to former Roo BC [Roo Bike Club] President Owen Huckel, and dates from the mid 1970s. Prior to joining Roo BC, Huckel was a member and President of Australia's first gay motorcycle club, South Pacific Motor Club or SPMC, established in 1970. Among the Papers of Noel Lewington held by the Australian Queer Archives are two large photograph albums compiled by Huckel documenting his involvement in SPMC and Roo BC, including one which documents a trip to the USA in 1972-1973, comprising 366 photographs, maps, and ephemera documenting club runs with many west coast clubs.

Physical description

Sleeveless denim jacket, with yellow ribbon trim around the sleeve holes, with small patches and a metal badge on the chest, and a large back patch on the back.

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