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Venue	Christ Church
Address	Corner Punt Road & Toorak Road South Yarra VIC 3141 Australia
Notes	Regular corroborees took place on the spot where Christ Church, South Yarra, holds the high ground. An onlooker at Fawkner Park in the 1850s described men with bodies streaked in red and white ochre, dancing ”like skeletons around the blazing fire, shouting and brandishing their long spears while
Related Venues	Is on the site of Corroboree Ground (Christ Church)
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Latitude \| Longitude	-37.838496 \| 144.98519
Radius	100 metres
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Trumbo's Wish, 12 November 1966 The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966 Trumbo's Basket, 2 July 1966
	The Dorian Singers The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966 The Oriana Chamber Orchestra The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966 The Oriana Madrigal Choir The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966
	Bunney Brooke - Creator, Playwright Trumbo's Wish, 12 November 1966 Trumbo's Basket, 2 July 1966 Alex Burlakov - Orchestral Leader The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966 Lynette Casey - Singer: Soprano The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966 Leonard Fullard - Conductor The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966 Brian Hansford - Musician: Bass The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966 Ian Lee - Singer: Tenor The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966 Barbara McRae - Musician: Organist The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966 Dorothy O'Donahoo - Singer: Contralto The Christmas Oratorio, 24 September 1966
Resources	Listing: Jenny Brown, Corroboree Sites in Melbourne, 10 November 2012 Photograph: Charles Rudd, Christ Church and Fawkner Park, South Yarra, Stonnington Library and Information Service, 1890 Photograph: Christ Church South Yarra, 2016 Photograph: D McDonald, Christ Church, South Yarra, State Library of Victoria, 1880
Data Set	AusStage
Venue Identifier	15552

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