Corroboree

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Event Corroboree
Venue Ernabella, Ernabella, SA
First Date 1949
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description Charles Duguid describes at least three event that took place sometime in the latter part of 1949;
visting Ernabella again; ‘I was invited to attend an evening corroboree at the close of which five boys went through the first initiation ceremony’
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“On another occasion[…] we found a boys corroboree was being enacted[…] not taking the slightest notice of us when we arrived on the scene. Here were naked myall children copying their fathers just as our own children do’
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‘A young woman from Glasgow was visiting Ernabella at this time, and one evening she joined the aboriginal girls in t
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Corroboree
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Created
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Nganyintja Dancer
Resources
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book p92-93 'No Dying Race' (1963, Rigby)
Event Identifier 155915
Dataset AusStage