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The History of Music and Dance in Australia 1770 -1900.                                  © Dr. Heather Blasdale-Clarke
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    • Brisbane: Nov 2021 – March 2022
    • Ross, Tasmania: April – June 2022
    • Woolmers Estate: July – September 2022
      • Convicts at Woolmers Symposium
    • The Rocks: Feb – April 2023
      • April School Holiday Activity
    • Norfolk Island: May – August 2023
      • Convict Culture Week on Norfolk Island
      • Convict Culture Week Resources
    • Fremantle Prison: Sept 2023 – Jan 2024
      • Curator’s talk
    • Education pack
    • Dancing in Fetters – the musical
    • National Folklore Conference 2024
  • Convict Stories
    • Dancing in Fetters – national tour
    • Convict dance research
    • Dancing on Convict Ships
      • Dr William Redfern
    • Dancing in Police Reports
    • Irish convict musicians
    • Notable convicts
      • Edward Elliott
      • François Girard, dancing master, convict
      • Sarah Lawson
      • Mary Ann Piper
      • Dr William Redfern
    • Convict dance video
    • Convict music & song
      • Auld Robin Grey
      • Drops of Brandy
      • Darby Kelly O
      • The King of the Cannibal Islands
      • Michael Wiggins
      • Off She Goes
      • Tekeli
    • Convict Tune Book
    • Dancing cures epidemic
    • Thesis
    • Dancing in Fetters at the Redcliffe Museum
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    • Governor Phillip meets Jane Austen
    • Captain John Piper – Prince of Australia
    • 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
      • William Lawson
    • Governors
      • Arthur Phillip
      • John Hunter
      • William Bligh
      • Lachlan Macquarie
    • British Leaders
      • Boscawen’s Frolick
      • Lord Castlereagh’s Waltz
      • Lord Howe’s Jig
      • Sir George Jackson
      • Lord Morton
      • Lord Sydney’s Fancy
    • Ladies
      • Jane Austen
      • Miss Hely of Engehurst
      • Lady Franklin’s Reel
      • Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie
      • Lady Sydney’s Fancy
      • Sarah Lawson
      • Mary Ann Piper
    • Dancing Masters
      • Edward Elliott
      • François Girard, dancing master, convict
      • William Mundy
    • Other Characters
      • Harry Shaw – champion clog dancer
      • Captain John Piper – Prince of Australia
      • Dr William Redfern
      • Captain Woodriff
  • Dancing with Cook
  • Trad steps
    • Instep Research Team
    • Trad steps
    • History of step dancing in Australia
    • Clog dancing
    • Harry Shaw – champion clog dancer
    • Sailor’s Hornpipe
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    • Regular dances in 2025
    • Welsh & Cornish Dance
    • Convict Culture Week
    • Phillip’s Dog
    • In the past …
      • Regular dances in 2025
      • Special Events 2024
        • Regency Dance Night
        • Jane Austen Ball 2024
          • What to wear at a Jane Austen Ball
        • Middle Earth Dance
      • Limestone Frolic
      • Dance like a pirate
      • Scottish Ceilidh
      • Medieval Dance
      • Alice in Wonderland
      • National Folklore Conference 2024
      • Jane Austen Dance for the Australian Heritage Festival
      • Jane Austen Ball – 2023 National Folk Festival
      • April School Holiday Activity
      • A Convict Quadrille – National Heritage Festival
      • Convict Culture Week on Norfolk Island
      • Jane Austen Ball 2023
      • Jane Austen/Australian Regency Balls
      • Regency Dance Weekend 2022
      • Jane Austen/Australian Regency Balls
      • Samford dances 2014 – 2019
      • Jane Austen/Australian Regency Dance for National Heritage Festival 2021
      • 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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