Corroboree

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Event Corroboree
Venue Seafront Oval, Pialba, QLD
First Date 17 December 1887
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description Later in the evening a crowd of blacks treated the Premier's party to an impromptu corroboree beside a bonfire. A meal was provided at the Point Vernon Hotel.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Corroboree
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information It is not confirmed that the exact venue was the Seafront Oval however recent articles by Aunty Mally Clarke indicate it was an indigenous corroboree ground and cooking site and ancestors would swim from K'gari (Fraser Island) to the corroboree ground. See www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/our-heritage-could-be-lost-from-seafront-butchulla/3188407/#/0
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Mapping Corroboree
Newspaper
Event Identifier 105844
Dataset AusStage