The Coolbaroo League (also Coolbaroo Club) was a Western Australian Aboriginal social club. Newspaper reports in the 1950s frequently provided the translation of the name as Magpie.
The club was founded in 1946 by returned Aboriginal soldiers, and ceased in the early 1960s.
Between 1954 and 1957, it published the Westralian Aborigine.
In 1996, a documentary was made about the club. 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."
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.
See also
References
- ^ "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
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- Taylor, Affrica (1998), ""The sun always shines in Perth". Memory, place and identity ", 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, 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
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- Delmege, Sharon (2014), From camp life to suburbia : Aboriginal housing in Perth, retrieved 10 December 2015