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Event

Corroboree

Venue

Grafton Racecourse, Grafton, NSW

First Date

11 May 1886

Dates Estimated

Status

Unknown

World Premiere

Description

Lord Carrington witnessed a corroboree at the Grafton Racecourse. About 300 blacks performed for tobacco, shillings and a bullock. 330 blankets were also distributed. Among them were the kinds of Grafton, Umarra, Rosewood, Yamba, Gordonbrook and Harwood.

Description Source

Article

Primary Genre

Other

Secondary Genre

Indigenous
Corroboree
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created

Resources

Article: Clarence and Richmond, Australian Town and Country Journal, 15 May 1886, 15
Article: Country News, The Queenslander, 22 May 1886, 827, 828
Article: His Excellency the Governor in the Clarence District, The Maitland Mercury, 15 May 1886, 13
Article: Lord Carrington in the Clarence District, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 May 1886, 11
Article: Lord Carrington in the Clarence District, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 1886, 11
Article: News Of The Day, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 May 1886, 9, 10
Article: The Corroboree, Clarence and Richmond Examiner, 15 May 1886, 8
Article: The Governor's Visit to the Clarence, Australian Town and Country Journal, 15 May 1886, 14

Text Nationality

Australia

Production Nationality

Australia

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Newspaper
Mapping Corroboree

Event Identifier

105828

Dataset

AusStage