Corroboree

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Event Corroboree
Venue Rockhampton, Rockhampton, QLD
First Date 25 May 1865
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description Usual distribution of blankets to the Aboriginals on the Queen's birthday. They disappeared in a cloud of dust down East street and held a grand corroboree in the evening in honor of their great mother across the "big water". The muster included 210 men, women and children; the women numbering eighty, men ninety two.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Indigenous
Corroboree
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Mapping Corroboree
Event Identifier 117913
Dataset AusStage