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Latitude
-20.072936
Longitude
146.252147
Start Date
1901-11-25
End Date
State
QLD

Description

Layer Warning:
Only corroborees that were recorded can be represented, such that these are often those witnessed by and/or performed for colonists and other audiences. Their distribution therefor reflects colonial presence rather than the distribution of corroborees.
Aboriginals Corroboree took place at the Charters Towers Show Grounds for The League of North Queensland Wheelmen's carnival. About 4000 people were present. Nearly £200 was taken at the gates.

Sources

ID
tb159
Source
"Monday Night, November 25.", http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81108470, 1901-11-18, "Monday Night, November 25., The Northern Miner, 18 November 1901, 1" | To-Day, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81108716, 1901-11-23, "To-Day, The Northern Miner, 23 November 1901, 4" | Those Aboriginals, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81108721, 1901-11-23, "Those Aboriginals, The Northern Miner, 23 November 1901, 6" | Those Aboriginals, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81108737, 1901-11-25, "Those Aboriginals, The Northern Miner, 25 November 1901, 7" | Carnival and Corroboree, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81108745, 1901-11-25, "Carnival and Corroboree, The Northern Miner, 25 November 1901, 4" | The Arawatta's Passengers, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84419344, 1901-11-25, "The Arawatta's Passengers, The North Queensland Register, 25 November 1901, 54" | Grand Moonlight Carnival, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81108752, 1901-11-25, "Grand Moonlight Carnival, The Northern Miner, 25 November 1901, 1" | L.N.Q.W. Moonlight Carnival, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81108802, 1901-11-26, "L.N.Q.W. Moonlight Carnival, The Northern Miner, 26 November 1901, 2" | Queensland News, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52747466, 1901-11-26, "Queensland News, The Morning Bulletin, 26 November 1901, 5"

Extended Data

note
event_number
ausstage:Events:120115
dates_estimated
no
description_source
genres
Corroboree|Indigenous|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
data_sources
Mapping Corroboree