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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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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