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Corroboree - Bridge Creek

Placename: Bridge Creek
Layer: Corroborees in Austage, 1816 to 1935
Link back to source:: https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/105772
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -13.43599
Longitude: 131.31273
Start Date: 1882-02-27
End Date
State: NT

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.; Ministerial visit to NT greeted by 200 Chinese and a grand corroboree with spear-throwing display. Payment: Flour & tobacco.

Sources

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Source

The Howley - Yam Creek - Port Darwin Camp, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47111038, 1882-04-13, "The Howley - Yam Creek - Port Darwin Camp, The South Australian Register, 13 April 1882, 5-6" | Ministerial Visit To The Northern Territory, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47110832, 1882-03-02, "Ministerial Visit To The Northern Territory, The South Australian Register, 2 March 1882, 5" | The South Australian Expedition to the Northern Territory, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1420857, 1882-03-02, "The South Australian Expedition to the Northern Territory, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 March 1882, 5"

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