Corroboree

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Event Corroboree
Venue Corroboree Ground (Parliament Hill), East Melbourne, VIC
First Date 21 August 1836
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description Celebrating King Billy’s Birthday referencing the great corroberree of 1836 in celebration of William IV’s birthday. The Kulin people who came into the new township for the event were presented with government blankets on behalf of an absent ruler who resided half way around the world but also as a false sense of benevolence on the part of the colonisers.
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 136007
Dataset AusStage