 Event |
Dance with the people of Port Stephens
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| Venue |
Lake Macquarie West, NSW |
| First Date |
June 1825 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Amateur |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Nine people, 'smeared with red ochre, and striped with pipe-clay,' danced in a semicircle while 'those who sat round the fire kept time with their hands about thrice in a second.' |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Dance
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| Secondary Genre |
Music
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| Resources |
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Book: Lancelot E Threlkeld, Australian Reminiscences & Papers of L. E. Threlkeld Missionary to the Aborigines 1824-1859 (ed. N. Gunson), Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, ACT, 2, 191
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Book: Lancelot E Threlkeld, Australian Reminiscences & Papers of L. E. Threlkeld Missionary to the Aborigines 1824-1859 (ed. N. Gunson), Australian Reminiscences & Papers of L. E. Threlkeld Missionary to the Aborigines 1824-1859 (ed. N. Gunson), Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, ACT, I, 1974, 86
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Mapping Hunter Project |
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| Event Identifier |
100680 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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