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Corroboree - Alumny Creek Bank

Placename: Alumny Creek Bank
Layer: Corroborees in Austage, 1816 to 1935
Link back to source:: https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/119291
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -29.655826
Longitude: 152.965055
Start Date: 1894-12-26
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.; Sports For Aborigines at the Home for Aborigines. Jack from the Cabbage settlement got the event off the ground and a corroboree was held. 150 blacks engaged in the activities.

Sources

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Source

Sports At The Aborigines' Home, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61266573, 1894-12-29, "Sports At The Aborigines' Home, Clarence and Richmond Examiner, 29 December 1894, 5" | The Aborigines' Protection Board, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14000930, 1895-01-04, "The Aborigines' Protection Board, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 January 1895, 7, 8" | Athletic, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61266446, 1894-12-22, "Athletic, Clarence and Richmond Examiner, 22 December 1894, 1"

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