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Corroboree - Carlton Gardens

Placename: Carlton Gardens
Layer: btest
Link back to source:: https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/119136
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -37.80543966
Longitude: 144.9713695
Start Date: 1893-01-26
End Date
State: VIC

Description

The fete of the Australian Natives Association involved the presence of nearly two score of Aborigines from remote parts of Queensland. Performances consisted of death scenes, combats, burial ceremonies, peace and war corroborees and nulla nulla fighting.

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Source

Foundation Day. In Melbourne., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25347991, 1893-01-27, "Foundation Day. In Melbourne., The Advertiser, 27 January 1893, 5" | Foundation Day. A National Holiday, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8507981, 1893-01-27, "Foundation Day. A National Holiday, The Argus, 27 January 1893, 5, 6"

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