@article{cahir_edifying_2010, title = {‘{An} edifying spectacle’: {A} history of ‘tourist corroborees’ in {Victoria}, {Australia}, 1835–1870}, volume = {31}, issn = {0261-5177}, shorttitle = {‘{An} edifying spectacle’}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026151770900082X}, doi = {10.1016/j.tourman.2009.04.009}, abstract = {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.}, language = {en}, number = {3}, urldate = {2021-08-23}, journal = {Tourism Management}, author = {Cahir, David A. and Clark, Ian D.}, month = jun, year = {2010}, note = {Number: 3 ZSCC: 0000024}, keywords = {Urban and cultural heritage}, pages = {412--420}, }