Queer Places:
Chez Ivy’s, Oxford St, Bondi Junction NSW 2022,
Australia
Ivy's Birdcage, 191 Oxford St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia
Ivy Richter (May 1, 1927 - October 19, 2013) was an iconic venue owner
of the 1960s, who turned a tired wine bar in Bondi Junction into Chez Ivy
around 1962 with the help of her husband and a circle of camp friends. She
sold Chez Ivy in 1967 to Brian Neal and opened Ivy’s Birdcage at Taylor
Square. Both venues were mixed lesbian and gay. The Birdcage closed in 1969
after a second fire and the performers and the shows moved across the Square
to Dawn O’Donnell’s Capriccio's which opened shortly after.
Ivy May Richter
was born in Australia on 1 May 1927
and passed away on 19 October 2013.
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