The Coolbaroo League (also Coolbaroo Club) was a Western Australian Aboriginal social club.[1][2] Newspaper reports in the 1950s frequently provided the translation of the name as Magpie.[3]
The club was founded in 1946[4] by returned Aboriginal soldiers, and ceased in the early 1960s.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Between 1954 and 1957, it published the Westralian Aborigine.[11][1]
In 1996, a documentary was made about the club.[12] The film's summary stated, "Coolbaroo was the only Aboriginal-run dance club in a city which practised unofficial apartheid, submitting Aboriginal people to harassment, identity cards, fraternisation bans and curfews."[13]
Despite the success of lessening restrictions in the 1954 Native Welfare Act, conditions in Perth were still problematic for the majority of Aboriginals living in the metropolitan area.[14]
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edit- ^ a b "Coolbaroo League | Kaartdijin Noongar".
- ^ "Coolbaroo Club Perth - Western Australia". Archived from the original on 14 December 2011.
- ^ "COOLBAROO LEAGUE GIVES SOLDIER WARM WELCOME". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 15 November 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Aboriginal Youths Form Own Club". The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 2 August 1947. p. 17 Edition: LATE SPORTS. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ Darbyshire, Jo; Perth (W.A. : Municipality) (2010), The Coolbaroo Club : 1947-1960, City of Perth, ISBN 978-0-9808513-0-4
- ^ Perth (W.A. : Municipality). Council (1900), The Coolbaroo Club : 1947-1960, retrieved 10 December 2015
- ^ "WEST'S LONE OASIS OF TOLERANCE.(FEATURES)", The Australian (National, Australia), News Limited: 040, 9 July 1997, retrieved 10 December 2015
- ^ Taylor, A (March 2000), "'The sun always shines in Perth': a post-colonial geography of identity, memory and place", Australian Geographical Studies, 38 (1): 27–35, doi:10.1111/1467-8470.00098, ISSN 0004-9190
- ^ Taylor, Affrica (1998), ""The sun always shines in Perth". Memory, place and identity [The Coolbaroo Club a local history film]", Urban Life, Urban Culture: Aboriginal/Indigenous Experiences: Proceedings: 267–280, ISBN 978-0-646-36462-9
- ^ Bynder, Barbara (2014), Wildflower dreaming : Shirley Corunna and the Coolbaroo League, 1952-1962 : Berndt Museum at the Dr Harold Schenberg Art Centre, 15 July - 13 December 2014, [Nedlands, WA] Berndt Museum, ISBN 978-1-876793-52-4
- ^ Westralian Aborigine, Paterson Brokensha, 1954, retrieved 13 December 2015 is a microfilmed set, between 1954 - 1957
- ^ Robins, Penny; Scholes, Roger; Marsh, Lauren, 1961-; Kinnane, Stephen, 1967-; Ronin Films; Annamax Media; Coolbaroo Club Productions; Kanopy (Firm) (1996), The Coolbaroo Club, Ronin Films and Coolbaroo Club productions in association with Annamax Media, retrieved 10 December 2015
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "History lessons in search of common ground.(Review)", The Australian (National, Australia), News Limited: 3, 26 June 2010, retrieved 11 December 2015
- ^ Delmege, Sharon (2014), From camp life to suburbia : Aboriginal housing in Perth, retrieved 10 December 2015