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Corroboree - Nicholson Racecourse

Placename: Nicholson Racecourse
Layer: Corroborees in Austage, 1816 to 1935
Link back to source:: https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/100633
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -32.719625
Longitude: 151.507353
Start Date: 1869-06-29
End Date
State: NSW

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.; 17-18 males and 7-8 females performed a corroboree for the benefit of the Maitland Hospital. Aboriginals from Port Stephens, Raymond Terrace, Newcastle 'and other places' performing War Dance, Kangaroo Dance, with torchlight procession, torchlight ceremony, native hurdle race, 'running, jumping, in real native fashion'.

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Source

Grand Corroboree, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18737981, 1869-06-29, "Grand Corroboree, The Maitland Mercury, 29 June 1869, 2" | Grand Corroboree, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18738020, 1869-06-29, "Grand Corroboree, The Maitland Mercury, 29 June 1869, 3" | Aboriginal Corroboree, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18738060,1869-07-01,"Aboriginal Corroboree, The Maitland Mercury, 1 July 1869, 2" | A New Mode Of Raising Funds For Benevolent Objects, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13179799, 1869-07-21, "A New Mode Of Raising Funds For Benevolent Objects, Sydney Morning Herald, 21 July 1869, 4" | The committee of the Maitland Hospital, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60835977, 1869-06-30, "The committee of the Maitland Hospital, The Empire, 30 June 1869, 3" | Subscriptions To The Maitland Hospital, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18738123, 1869-07-03, "Subscriptions To The Maitland Hospital, The Maitland Mercury, 3 July 1869, 3"

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