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Corroboree - Castlemaine

Placename: Castlemaine
Layer: Corroborees in Austage, 1816 to 1935
Link back to source:: https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/118019
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -37.06444
Longitude: 144.2172
Start Date: 1861-01-02
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.; Sports & Games Day terminated with a performance by some Aboriginals of their natural feats,including the boomerang and the corroboree.

Sources

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Source

"Castlemaine: Third Day, Wednesday.", http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66336657, 1861-01-04, "Castlemaine: Third Day, Wednesday., The Star, 4 January 1861, 3" | The North Western Gathering, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154885639, 1861-01-04, "The North Western Gathering, The Age, 4 January 1861, 7" | "The Caledonian Games, Wattle Flat, Castlemaine", http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/193454562, 1900-01-01, "Cuthbert Clarke, The Caledonian Games, Wattle Flat, Castlemaine, National Library of Australia, 1900"

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