Corroboree

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event Corroboree
Venue Corroboree Ground, Lennard Brook, WA
First Date 1835
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description Weeip had kin ties with a group centred on the locality where ‘Lennard’s Brook’ emerges from the hills, an area rich in yams and supporting intensive Aboriginal usage. By evening a full-scale reception had been arranged. The guests were offered plenty of kangaroo meat, creating formal reciprocal obligations. We found the natives all encamped near us . . . at night they entertained us with a corrobberry, which was got up on our account . . . The several figures did not differ materially from those which were familiar to us, but the words which accompanied each change contained strong allusions to passing events . . . these ceremonials . . . serve the purpose of historic records. The songs were accompanied by dance, and the participants wore elaborate bodydecoration,
for example, arm-ornaments of “Gnow” (mallee-bird) feathers.
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
Report
Event Identifier 136853
Dataset AusStage