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Corroboree - Geelong

Placename: Geelong
Layer: Corroborees in Austage, 1816 to 1935
Link back to source:: https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/113409
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -38.148539
Longitude: 144.361361
Start Date: 1839-04-11
End Date
State: VIC

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.; An organised event by (Mr Robinson) between the Blacks and settlers where a feast and entertainment took place ended in a Native dance.

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Source

Geelong, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31722940, 1839-04-20, "Geelong, The Colonist, 20 April 1839, 3" | Port Phillip. Geelong, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32163719, 1839-04-19, "Port Phillip. Geelong, The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser, 19 April 1839, 2"

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