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Grand Native Corroboree at the RNA Bowen Hills 1924

Aboriginal dancers travelled to other centres, performing traditional dances to the public, so the white community could see and appreciate some of the Aboriginal culture that was disappearing. It was also a way of raising revenue for the settlement.

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Betty McKenzie Collection, Queensland Museum

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