Australian Colonial Dance
The History of Music and Dance in Australia 1788-1840.                                  © Dr. Heather Blasdale-Clarke
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      • Mile End Assembly
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      • Nancy Dawson
      • Omai, the Tahitian celebrity
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      • The Quadrille Arrives.
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  • People
    • Governor Phillip meets Jane Austen
    • Explorers
      • Captain Cook
        • Boscawen’s Frolick
        • Mile End Assembly
        • Nova Scotia
        • Lord Morton’s hints
        • South Sea
        • Island of Love
        • Transit of Venus
        • Dancing for sailors
        • Omai, the Tahitian celebrity
        • Death of Captain Cook – a serious ballet
        • Captain Cook: drama on the European stage
        • Cook’s Death in equestrian drama
        • Astley in Dublin 1789
        • Captain Cook’s country dance
        • A dance unit for primary schools
      • Matthew Flinders and the Glorious First of June
    • Governors
      • Arthur Phillip
      • William Bligh
      • Lachlan Macquarie
    • British Leaders
      • Boscawen’s Frolick
      • Lord Castlereagh’s Waltz
      • Lord Howe’s Jig
      • Sir George Jackson
      • Lord Sydney’s Fancy
    • Ladies
      • Jane Austen
      • Lady Franklin’s Reel
      • Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie
      • Lady Sydney’s Fancy
    • Dancing Masters
      • François Girard, dancing master, convict
    • Other Characters
      • Mundy’s Quadrilles
      • Harry Shaw – champion clog dancer
      • Captain Woodriff
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  • Convict Research
    • Convict dance research
    • Dancing in Police Reports
    • Convict dance video
    • Convict music & song
      • Auld Robin Grey
      • Drops of Brandy
      • The King of the Cannibal Islands
      • Michael Wiggins
      • Off She Goes
      • Tekeli
    • Convict Tune Book
    • Dancing cures epidemic
    • Thesis
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    • Early life in Yorkshire
    • Boscawen’s Frolick
    • Nova Scotia
    • Mile End Assembly
    • Lord Morton’s hints
    • South Sea
    • Island of Love
    • Transit of Venus
    • Dancing for sailors
    • Omai, the Tahitian celebrity
    • Death of Captain Cook – a serious ballet
    • Captain Cook: drama on the European stage
    • Cook’s Death in equestrian drama
    • Astley in Dublin 1789
    • Captain Cook’s country dance
    • Video – James Cook-a culture of music and dance
    • A dance unit for primary schools
    • Captain Cook’s Country Dances – Book and CD
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    • Trad steps
    • History of step dancing in Australia
    • Clog dancing
    • Harry Shaw – champion clog dancer
    • Sailor’s Hornpipe
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      • Australia Day Dance
      • Dance Heritage in Moreton Bay
      • A Dance for Shakespeare
      • 2016 Regency Ball
      • Napoleon’s Last Gamble. Regency Dance 2015
      • 2015 Heritage Ball, National Folk Festival
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People

Explorers

Captain Cook
Boscawen’s Frolick
Transit of Venus
Sailor’s Hornpipe

Matthew Flinders
Glorious First of June

Governors

Arthur Phillip
William Bligh
Lachlan Macquarie

British leaders

Lord Castlereagh’s Waltz
Lord Howe’s Jig
Sir George Jackson
Lord Sydney’s Fancy

Ladies

Jane Austen
Lady Franklin’s Reel
Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie
Lady Sydney’s Fancy

Dancing masters

François Girard, dancing master, convict

Other characters

Captain Daniel Woodriff
Harry Macklin Shaw – Champion clog dancer

 

 

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