 Event |
Corroboree
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| Venue |
Adelaide Oval, North Adelaide, SA |
| First Date |
29 May 1885 |
| Last Date |
30 May 1885 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
A corroboree took place with over 100 blacks and witnessed by 5000 spectators. Price of admission was 1 shilling in the grandstand and sixpence in the ground. Following night's corroboree on Saturday 30th May was 'more successful'. |
| Description Source |
Article |
| Primary Genre |
Other
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| Secondary Genre |
Indigenous
Corroboree
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Adelaide, 31 May 1885, South Australian Advertiser, 30 May 1885, 6
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Article: Correspondence, The Advertiser, 20 November 1900, 9
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Article: Saturday, June 6, 1885, South Australian Advertiser, 6 June 1885, 4, 5
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Article: To Correspondents, Chronicle, 24 November 1900, 26
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Artwork: [Aboriginal Corroboree at Adelaide], The Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil, 29 June 1885, 1
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Book: Bernard Whimpress, Corroboree, Adelaide Oval 1885, Bernard Whimpress, Kent Town, SA, 1-7
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Letter: The S.A Cricketing Association and the Late Native Corroboree, Evening Journal, National Library of Australia, 1 June 1885, 3
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Thesis: Michael Parsons, Southern Cross University, Encounters in Touriculture: Indigenous Cultural Tourism in Contested Domains, 1997
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
The Milang tribe received £100 for their performance, Parson's suggests the performers based on their involvement in the "Blue Ribbon Army" (see p 150 of 'Encounters)
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Mapping Corroboree |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
105826 |
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