Corroboree
 Event |
Corroboree | |||||||||
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| Venue | Coolgardie, Coolgardie, WA | |||||||||
| First Date | 21 May 1894 | |||||||||
| Opening Date | 21 May 1894 | |||||||||
| Last Date | 21 May 1894 | |||||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||
| Status | Community | |||||||||
| World Premiere | No | |||||||||
| Description | Corroboree given by Aboriginal people on their land for non-Indigenous residents of Coolgardie: 'the quiet... gave place to ... metallic music .... At intervals, performers left their places [by the fire] and performed a ... backward movement.'
The performance at the Aboriginals' camp was located outside the town of Coolgardie; it was not a permanent site. |
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| Description Source | Article | |||||||||
| Primary Genre | Other | |||||||||
| Secondary Genre |
Indigenous
Corroboree Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created |
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| Text Nationality | Australia | |||||||||
| Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | |||||||||
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| Event Identifier | 86752 | |||||||||
| Dataset | AusStage | |||||||||
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