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Event

Corroboree

Venue

The Esplanade, Darwin Cenotaph War Memorial, Darwin City, NT

First Date

2 April 1891

Dates Estimated

Status

Unknown

World Premiere

Description

A native corroboree was provided on the Esplanade opposite the Government residence for the Governor. It was witnessed by a large crowd. A party of 20 or 30 Cook's tourists were on board the S.S. Guthrie bound for Japan. They landed just in time to see the native corroboree.

Description Source

Article

Primary Genre

Other

Secondary Genre

Indigenous
Corroboree
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Produced
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created

Resources

Article: In The Land of the Peach Blossom, The Maitland Mercury, 16 July 1892, 6
Article: Siftings, Local and Otherwise, Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 10 April 1891, 3
Article: The Governor In The Northern Territory, The South Australian Register, 6 April 1891, 5
Article: The Residence Ball and Corroboree, Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 10 April 1891, 2
Thesis: Michael Parsons, Southern Cross University, Encounters in Touriculture: Indigenous Cultural Tourism in Contested Domains, 1997

Text Nationality

Australia

Production Nationality

Australia

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Mapping Corroboree

Event Identifier

118846

Dataset

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