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.
Celebrating King Billy’s Birthday referencing the great corroberree of 1836 in celebration of William IV’s birthday. The Kulin people who came into the new township for the event were presented with government blankets on behalf of an absent ruler who resided half way around the world but also as a false sense of benevolence on the part of the colonisers.
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Source
A Pictorial Historical Narrative of Colonial Australian Society, https://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/eserv/rmit:7888/West.pdf, "Sharon West, A Pictorial Historical Narrative of Colonial Australian Society, RMIT University, August 2008"
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Corroboree|Indigenous|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
