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Latitude
-34.842491
Longitude
148.911611
Start Date
1888-05-25
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 blacks of the Southern and South-Western district intent to hold a "big fellow" corroboree at Yass on Queen's Birth night. Blackfellows from Narandera, Tumut and other places will attend.

Sources

ID
tb2b6
Source
Miscellany, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30919401, 1888-04-21, "Miscellany, The Queanbeyan Age, 21 April 1888, 3"

Extended Data

note
event_number
ausstage:Events:118746
dates_estimated
no
description_source
genres
Corroboree|Indigenous|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
data_sources
Newspaper|Mapping Corroboree