The Overland Telegraph

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THE ABORIGINALS.—We have had a good,
sprinkling of blackfellows and their lubras
amongst us for the last week or so. On
Saturday Mr. Coles kindly sold them a few
opossum rugs—thus making them acquainted
with some of the advantages of this species of
sale, as their rugs fetched on an average 15/ to
16/ each. In the evening these sable visitors
held a corroboree in the yard of the Sir John
Franklin Hotel, at which there was a large
gathering of spectators..

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Title The Overland Telegraph
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  • Corroboree, Sir John Franklin Hotel, Kapunda, SA, 23 March 1872
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Publisher Kapunda Herald and Northern Intelligencer (SA : 1864 - 1878)
Page 2
Date Issued 26 March 1872
Holding Institution National Library of Australia
Language English
Citation The Overland Telegraph, Kapunda Herald and Northern Intelligencer (SA : 1864 - 1878), National Library of Australia, 26 March 1872, 2
Resource Identifier 69947
Dataset AusStage