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Corroboree, Empire Theatre, Sydney 1950

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Corroboree, Empire Theatre, Sydney 1950

By

William (Bill) Brindle

Contributed By

National Archives of Australia

[A1200, L13371]

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Brindle, William (Bill)

Bill Brindle was an official photographer with the Department of Information, later renamed the Australian News and Information Bureau, and then the Australian Information Service.

National Archives of Australia

Culture and customs

Sydney's pre-industrial culture was comprehensive and public, and most European inhabitants were players, performers or spectators. After 1850, distinct but overlapping cultures emerged, imported and adapted from Europe and America. New forms of cultural transmission after World War I enabled the elaboration of new cultures based on ethnicity, age and gender, which have combined to produce Sydney's cultural diversity.

Aboriginal

Dance