A corroboree for the Countess of Kintore: Enlivening histories through objects

Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Sculthorpe, Gaye
Date published
2018
Abstract
This paper discusses a corroboree performed in Darwin in 1893 to illustrate the potential of British ethnographic collections for researching overlooked historical events. The performance was brought to light after a collection of Aboriginal artefacts used in it was noted and examined by the author in the collections of Marischal Museum, Aberdeen, in 2016. The description of the performance and associated objects extends understanding of the nature of cross-cultural engagements in late nineteenth-century Darwin and raises museological questions about methodologies for engaging Aboriginal people in the research and interpretation of historic objects.1
Project(s)
'Engaging Objects: Indigenous communities, museum collections and the representation of Indigenous histories
Funder
Funder nameAwards
Australian Research Council
Journal title
Aboriginal History
Volume
42
Publisher
Australian National University Press and Aboriginal History Inc.
Place of publication
Canberra
ISSN
0314-8769
eISSN
1837-9389
Official URL
Rights statement
In Copyright