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Corroboree - Kempsey

Placename: Kempsey
Layer: Corroborees in Austage, 1816 to 1935
Link back to source:: https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/105846
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -31.080061
Longitude: 152.841593
Start Date: 1888-01-27
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.; The night after centennial celebrations there was a feast for the Aborigines after which they held a corroboree. There were about 300 blacks and the display drew a crowd. The Agricultural association gave them 3 meals, tobacco and a roasted bullock as well as tea, sugar, bread and potatoes.

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Source

"Country News, Kempsey, Tuesday", http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13672194, 1888-02-01, "Country News, Kempsey, Tuesday, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 1888, 10" | "Macleay River. Kempsey, February 10", http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71094496, 1888-02-18, "Macleay River. Kempsey, February 10, Australian Town and Country Journal, 18 February 1888, 16" | Miscellaneous Items, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18958064, 1888-02-16, "Miscellaneous Items, The Maitland Mercury, 16 February 1888, 6"

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