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Corroboree - Kiama

Placename: Kiama
Layer: Corroborees in Austage, 1816 to 1935
Link back to source:: https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/119315
Type: Other

Details

Latitude: -34.688825
Longitude: 150.845877
Start Date: 1896-03-28
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.; Centenary celebration of the landing of Bass and Flinders. King Micky Johnson was there with a number of his people. At night they gathered and held high corroboree.

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Source

The Kiama Centenary, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14044559, 1896-04-06, "The Kiama Centenary, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 April 1896, 5" | Odds and Ends, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72568779, 1896-04-15, "Odds and Ends, Northern Star, 15 April 1896, 2" | South Coast News, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72568702, 1896-04-08, "South Coast News, Northern Star, 8 April 1896, 3"

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