How Progress Shark became Australia's accidental World Pride icon

The rainbow-clad model shark has captured international attention, inspired memes and won adoring fans.

What if we put a giant model shark in a sparkly rainbow swimsuit?

"We went: 'Right, well how about we just cover it in a rainbow?'" says Amanda Farrar, head of the museum's pride committee. The shark's couture ensemble is 11 materials in various colours and textures fashioned into two symmetrical "progress flags" - an updated form of the Pride flag created in 2018.Ms Buchanan and a helper had to literally sew the swimsuit on to the shark, which is suspended five metres in the air.Progress Shark is part of a bigger public art project marking the arrival of World Pride in Sydney.

"I remember garbage tins being thrown through the air and people being dragged by the hair and arms into police vans and things like that," Frank Howarth, who was a student at the time, tells the BBC. "If any gay people were arrested, they would publish their names and addresses and professions in the newspaper and things like that."Australia police acknowledge hate killings

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