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.
Weeip had kin ties with a group centred on the locality where ‘Lennard’s Brook’ emerges from the hills, an area rich in yams and supporting intensive Aboriginal usage. By evening a full-scale reception had been arranged. The guests were offered plenty of kangaroo meat, creating formal reciprocal obligations. We found the natives all encamped near us . . . at night they entertained us with a corrobberry, which was got up on our account . . . The several figures did not differ materially from those which were familiar to us, but the words which accompanied each change contained strong allusions to passing events . . . these ceremonials . . . serve the purpose of historic records. The songs were accompanied by dance, and the participants wore elaborate bodydecoration,
for example, arm-ornaments of “Gnow” (mallee-bird) feathers.
Sources
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Source
Aboriginal History, http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p71511/pdf/book.pdf, "Aboriginal History Incorporated, Aboriginal History, ANU Printery, Canberra, 7, 1983, 137"
Extended Data
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event_number
ausstage:Events:136853
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genres
Corroboree|Indigenous|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
