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179 Hodge, Dino
Date Range:1957 - ctDescription
Dino Hodge moved to Darwin in April 1983, where he was based until moving to Alice Springs in 1998, and later relocating to Melbourne in 2000. Dino was originally employed as a social worker with the Department of Social Security, worked as executive officer of the Migrant Resource Centre (1985-1987), assistant regional director (NT) with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1989-1992), and regional manager (central Australia) with the Commonwealth Department of Health (1998-2000).
Throughout the 1990s Dino was employed as a project officer or consultant with a wide range of organisations, including Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre, NT Community Writing Program, Brown's Mart Community Arts Project, NT Legal Aid Commission, NT Department of Education, NT Arts Industry Training Board, NT Trades and Labour Council, ATSIC, the Community Cultural Development Board (CCDB) of the Australia Council for the Arts, and the federal Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services.
Dino attended Darwin Community College, completing a Certificate in Translating/Interpreting (Greek) in 1985, and also Darwin Institute of Technology, completing a Graduate Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language (with a focus on Aboriginal language, learning and culture) in 1988. Dino was also employed as a tutor in literacy and numeracy at the Centre of Aboriginal and Islander Studies, and taught written communication skills at the Continuing Education Unit, both at Darwin Institute of Technology. In 1994, he developed and presented a unit on Social Justice for social work students at Northern Territory University.
While resident in the Northern Territory, Dino was active in several community organisations, including periods serving on the organising committee or board of management of Institute of Translators and Interpreters of the Northern Territory, Darwin Stonewall Collective, Darwin Greek Glenti, Brown's Mart Community Arts Project, Northern Territory AIDS Council, and the Northern Territory Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Rights.
Dino wrote articles for the 'Northern Territory News' about multiculturalism during his employment with the Migrant Resource Centre.
Dino authored the following publications and papers pertaining to the Northern Territory:
'You don't get degrees in Weet-Bix boxes: true stories of Aboriginal people in tertiary study and beyond', with Parsons, Graeme and Bathgate, Jane; a secondary school social studies text, published by NT Department of Education, Aboriginal and Islander Tertiary Aspirations Program, November 1994; reprinted 1995
'Did you meet any malagas? A homosexual history of Australia's tropical capital', Little Gem Publications, December 1993 (Winner, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Special Media Award, 1995)
'Malagas at work: aspects of a Northern Territory oral history project'. Paper on community empowerment through oral history, in 'The Oral History Association of Australia Journal', No 17, 1995, pp 20-24, Sept 1995
'One hell of a Paradise! Profile of NT photographer Therese Ritchie' in' Eyeline', Issue No 24, pp 27 - 29, June 1994
'We Are Family', in 'May Day Magazine', NT Trades and Labour Council, May 1994
'Peopling the Empty Mirror: The Prospects for a Gay and Lesbian Aboriginal History', with Dunn, W et al, in 'Gay Perspectives II: More Essays in Australian Gay Culture', Aldrich R (Ed), University of Sydney, NSW, January 1994
'Activism in the Top End' (on HIV, sexuality and politics in the Northern Territory) in 'National AIDS Bulletin', Vol 7, No 7, August 1993
'A Multicultural Critique on the work of Territory visual artist, Mark Elliott-Ranken' in 'Eyeline', Issue No 21, pp 31 - 32, June 1993
'One little jurisdiction - the story of anti-discrimination initiatives in the Northern Territory: August 1989 - February 1991', in 'National AIDS Bulletin', Vol 5 No 2, March 1991
'HIV status, sexuality and discrimination: whose turn to (en)act?' by Hodge, Dino, Anthony Smith and David Paterson in 'National AIDS Bulletin', Vol 4, No 6, July 1990
'Recording cross-cultural oral history: homosexuality in the Top End - a case study', Paper in proceedings of the Northern Territory Archives Service conference, 'Oral History: what it is and how to do it', Darwin, April 1994
'Access and Equity, Community and Government: collaboration or conflict?', Paper presented at the inaugural Northern Territory Multicultural Arts Conference, Oct 1993
'Gay Cultural History beyond coming out and staking our claim', Paper presented at the inaugural 'QueerLit' Conference for gay and lesbian writers, Sydney, Sept 1993
'Fleshing It Out' catalogue essay commissioned by the Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art for the exhibition 'According to the Flesh', February 1993Dino also developed the play 'His Own Special Friend: A show on homosexual personalities and community development in Northern Territory history'. The play premiered at the Darwin Fringe Festival in June 1993, and an abridged version was presented at the inaugural 'QueerLit' conference for gay and lesbian writers in Sydney, NSW. It was also performed in Katherine at the inaugural Festival of One Act Plays (NT), together with a workshop conducted by the author for the local community on oral history. The show was adapted for broadcast on ABC Radio National's program 'Talking History' in January 1994, and re-worked for performance by Little Village Productions in New York City, USA, in June 1994 for the Cultural Festival as part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Stonewall Riot.
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Inventory of Series
| Series Id | Series Title | Series Date Range | Number of Units | Public Access | Location |
| NTRS 3701 | Personal records | 1977 - 1993 | 5 | Open | Darwin (NTAC) |
| NTRS 1417 | Sound recordings of interviews conducted on Darwin radio relating to gay, lesbian and queer life in Darwin | 1985 - 1992 | 2 | Open | Darwin (NTAC) |
| NTRS 1306 | Sound recordings of oral history interviews for the Darwin Gay Life oral history project | c 1991 - c 1993 | 1 | Restricted | Darwin (NTAC) |
| NTRS 1312 | Transcripts of oral history interviews for the Darwin Gay Life oral history project | c 1991 - c 1993 | 1 | Open | Darwin (NTAC) |