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.
The only amusement we had up to 1851 was the natives used to meet once a month on the full moon in Fawkner Park, opposite the Fawkner Hotel. The hotel lies between the Park and Millswyn-street, but there was no hotel, park or streets there then, but all bush. There the blacks held their corroboree, and I have seen the greater portion of the people of Melbourne and Prahran turn out and visit the camp on those occasions.
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An Indigenous History of the City of Stonnington, http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/history/indigenous-history-full-report.pdf, 2006-06-30, "Laura Kostanski, Ian Clark, An Indigenous History of the City of Stonnington, School of Business, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, 30 June 2006"
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Corroboree|Indigenous|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
