Event | Corroboree | |||||||
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Venue | Queen's Theatre, Melbourne, VIC | |||||||
First Date | 1 January 1856 | |||||||
Dates Estimated | Yes | |||||||
Status | Unknown | |||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||
Description | Featuring King Billy and five brother Aborigines from the Murrumbidgee performing at the Queen's Theatre. Grand Corroboree of Native Blacks' war dance entitled "Kangaroo", "Old Man" and one other dance. Drawing a bumper crowd the corroboree nearly brought down the house with applause. | |||||||
Description Source | Article | |||||||
Primary Genre | Other | |||||||
Secondary Genre |
Indigenous
Corroboree Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created |
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Text Nationality | Australia | |||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||
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Event Identifier | 116286 | |||||||
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