| Title | ‘An edifying spectacle’: A history of ‘tourist corroborees’ in Victoria, Australia, 1835–1870 |
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| Publication Title | Tourism Management |
| Date | June 1, 2010 |
| Abstract Note | Parsons [Parsons, M. (2002). “Ah that I could convey a proper idea of this interesting wild play of the natives” corroborees and the rise of indigenous Australian cultural tourism. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2(1), 14–27.] has persuasively argued that nineteenth century corroborees performed for non-indigenous audiences may be considered to be Australia's pre-eminent prototypical indigenous cultural tourism product. This paper extends Parsons' [Parsons, M. (1997). The tourist corroboree in South Australia. Aboriginal History, 21(1), 46–69; Parsons, M. (2002). “Ah that I could convey a proper idea of this interesting wild play of the natives” corroborees and the rise of indigenous Australian cultural tourism. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2(1), 14–27.] analyses of ‘tourist corroborees’ in nineteenth century South Australia to corroborees staged in Victoria during the pastoral period and the gold rushes of the 1850–1870s. It argues that an Aboriginal-grown ‘business acumen’ developed rapidly in the economic climate of the Victorian goldfields. It also provides a historical context to this commodification. |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026151770900082X |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.04.009 |
| Citation | Cahir, D. A., & Clark, I. D. (2010). ‘An edifying spectacle’: A history of ‘tourist corroborees’ in Victoria, Australia, 1835–1870. Tourism Management, 31(3), 412–420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2009.04.009
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