DUKE OF YORK.
FUN IN QUEENSLAND
AN ABORIGINAL DISPLAY
BY CABLE -PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPY EIGHT. BRISBANE, ApriL 10. The> Royal party had a real taste of the outback yesterday at Beau Desert. They witnessed realistic displays of boomerang and spear throwing, cTuo encounters' and a corroboreo by 200 scantily clad *md Judcously pitiniect aboriginals l . 'These thrills were (augmented b.v bullock riding and roping and stockwhip cracking contests by Europeans. L olled bullocks were used, experience- having shown that horned cattle sometimes proved dangerous to the spectators. The Duke and Duchess greatly enjoyed the picnic and the free and easy reception from 10,000 spectators, whose demonstrative welcome, swamped and broke up the procession.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 April 1927, Page 5
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112DUKE OF YORK. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 April 1927, Page 5
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