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Units Teaching this Work
| Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
form
y
The Coolbaroo Club
( dir. Roger Scholes
)
Canberra
:
Annamax Media
Coolbaroo Club Productions
,
1996
Z1639257
1996
single work
film/TV
(taught in 1 units)
In Perth, Western Australia, the Coolbaroo Club operated for 14 years (1946-1960) as a meeting place and a community focus for the local Aboriginal community. The Club was the only Aboriginal-run dance club in a city which practised unofficial apartheid. Continually harrassed by police with enforced fraternisation bans and curfews placed on them, the Indigenous population was also required to carry identity cards and deal with bureaucratic obstruction. During its lifetime, the Club attracted black musicians and celebrities from all over Australia and occasionally from overseas, among them Nat 'King' Cole, Harold Blair, and the Harlem Globetrotters. |
Indigenous Histories in Film | University of Melbourne | 2009 |
