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Corroboree - Mosquito Plains Caves

Placename: Mosquito Plains Caves
Layer: Corroborees in Austage, 1816 to 1935
Link back to source:: https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/117534
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -37.0874233
Longitude: 140.8329957
Start Date: 1869-06-04
End Date
State: SA

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.; A visit by His Excellency (Governor Sir James Fergusson) to the celebrated Mosquito Plains Caves with upwards of 50 Aboriginals who performed a corroboree.

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Source

"Friday, Mosquito Plains Caves", http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91266956, 1869-06-12, "Friday, Mosquito Plains Caves, The South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail., 12 June 1869, 10" | Visit To The Caves, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41403721, 1869-06-08, "Visit To The Caves, The South Australian Register, 8 June 1869, 3" | The Goernor's Tour In The South-East, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31990217, 1869-06-12, "The Goernor's Tour In The South-East, South Australian Advertiser, 12 June 1869, 2"

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