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Named Joy, the sculpture was created by Loui Fraser as a tribute to women and to the history of East Sydney. She was, in fact, the world’s first statue of a sex worker on public display. The statue also pays homage to NSW, which was the first state in the world to decriminalise sex work. ....

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