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Latitude
-28.773068
Longitude
114.611265
Start Date
1865-09-24
End Date
State
WA

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.
We saw the greatest number on Sunday, and their notions of Sabbath observance seemed rather Parisian than English. All seemed to be in a happy mood, laughing, singing, and even dancing. One sat on the summit of one of the highest hills chanting his corroboree, and beating time with sticks. At a distance were two going through some peculiar terpsichorean performances. Others met us as they were indulging in melodies of a somewhat monotonous character. Of one vocalist we begged a translation of the ditty he had been warbling; but after hesitating some time, he expressed it in his opinion that it was impossible for the aborigines and Europeans to make themselves mutually intelligible in poetry.

Sources

ID
tb23b
Source
Voyage Of The Folorn Hope, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31853923, 1865-09-27, "Voyage Of The Folorn Hope, South Australian Advertiser, 27 September 1865, 3, 4"

Extended Data

note
event_number
ausstage:Events:117914
dates_estimated
no
description_source
genres
Corroboree|Indigenous|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
data_sources
Mapping Corroboree