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Corroboree - Queen's Theatre

Placename: Queen's Theatre
Layer: Corroborees in Austage, 1816 to 1935
Link back to source:: https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/116286
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -37.814215
Longitude: 144.960072
Start Date: 1856-01-01
End Date
State: VIC

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.; Featuring King Billy and five brother Aborigines from the Murrumbidgee performing at the Queen's Theatre. Grand Corroboree of Native Blacks' war dance entitled "Kangaroo", "Old Man" and one other dance. Drawing a bumper crowd the corroboree nearly brought down the house with applause.

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Source

The Queen's Theatre, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154866134, 1856-01-02, "The Queen's Theatre, The Age, 2 January 1856, 2" | The Queen's Theatre, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4827251, 1856-01-03, "The Queen's Theatre, The Argus, 3 January 1856, 5" | Melbourne, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91867949, 1856-01-03, "King Billy, Melbourne, Geelong Advertiser, 3 January 1856, 2" | Native Talent, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8789757, 1856-01-08, "Native Talent, The Colonial Times, 8 January 1856, 2" | Victoria, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161256432, 1856-01-12, "Victoria, Adelaide Observer, 12 January 1856, 7" | Early Melbourne, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2034683, 1925-01-31, "Early Melbourne, The Argus, 31 January 1925, 8"

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