The Coolbaroo Club

Overview

Documentary about "The Coolbaroo Club",  which was the only Aboriginal-run dance club in a city which practiced unofficial apartheid. During its lifetime, the Club attracted Black musicians and celebrities from all over Australia and occasionally from overseas. Although best-remembered for the hugely popular Coolbaroo dances attended by hundreds of Aborigines and their white supporters, the "Coolbaroo League", founded by Club members, ran a newspaper and became an effective political organization, speaking out on issues of the day affecting Aboriginal people.

Details

Cast

Christopher Robin Bodney

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Eileen Clarke

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Frank Bropho

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Gladys Bropho

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Helena Murphy

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Joan Penny

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Nora PIckett

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Roma Loo

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Shirley Corunna

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Thomisha Passmore

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