AusStage

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print

Event

Corroboree

Venue

Palmerston, Palmerston, NT

First Date

14 March 1893

Dates Estimated

Status

Unknown

World Premiere

Description

Lord Jersey and party arrived at Port Darwin. In the evening the visitors witnessed a very large blackfellows' corroboree. It is said to have cost him a "fiver" in food and tobacco.

Description Source

Article

Primary Genre

Other

Secondary Genre

Indigenous
Corroboree
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created

Resources

Article: Lord Jersey At Palmerston, The Advertiser, 15 March 1893, 5
Article: Notes Of The Week, Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 10 March 1893, 3
Article: Notes Of The Week, Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 24 March 1893, 2, 3
Article: Palmerston: Friday, March 17th., Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 17 March 1893, 3
Article: The Earl And Countess Of Jersey, The South Australian Register, 16 March 1893, 5

Text Nationality

Australia

Production Nationality

Australia

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Mapping Corroboree

Event Identifier

119148

Dataset

AusStage