Transgender Australian cabaret performerCarlottawasawardedthe Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2020 for services to the performing arts and the LGBTQI+ community. (Photo, circa 2000.)
According toWikipedia, 'Carlotta began her professional career in 1959':
Bill McAuley's 40-plus-year news career began in 1969 as a cadet photographer at 'The Age' in Melbourne.
He has several publishedcollections, including 'Portraits of the Soul: A lifetime of images with Bill McAuley' and'Last light on Victoria Dock, 1999'. To see more from Bill, clickhere.
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