Corroboree

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Event Corroboree
Venue Geelong, Geelong, VIC
First Date 27 August 1858
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description The opening of the Ballarat/Geelong railway works includes a poet, the roasting of a bullock, competition in long pole climbing, greased pig hunting and other classical exercises plus to cap it off in the evening a grand corroboree in the market place by the natives. The Hobart Courier reports the corroboree took place on the Eastern Beach followed by fireworks.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Corroboree
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Mapping Corroboree
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 116326