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A corroboree is a generic word for a meeting of Australian Aboriginal peoples. It may be a sacred ceremony , a festive celebration, or of a warlike character. A word coined by the first British settlers in the Sydney area from a word in the local Dharug language , it usually includes dance, music, costume and often body decoration .
Waiata (released as Corroboree in Australia) is the seventh studio album by New Zealand new wave band Split Enz, released in March 1981. Waiata is the Māori term for song and singing, while corroboree is an Aboriginal term. According to Noel Crombie the intention was to name the album using a word from the natives of every country it was ...
1950 ballet performance of Antill's best-known work, Corroboree John Henry Antill , CMG , OBE (8 April 1904 – 29 December 1986) was an Australian composer best known for his ballet Corroboree .
Corroboree Rock Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 42 kilometres (26 mi) east of Alice Springs in the East MacDonnell Ranges. [2] It is a sacred site to the Eastern Arrente people who are its Traditional Owners.
A corroboree is a generic word for a meeting of Australian Aboriginal peoples. Corroboree may also refer to: Corroboree, a ballet written in the 1940s; Corroboree frog, two species of Australian frog; Waiata, a 1981 Split Enz album entitled Corroboree in Australia
Adult female southern corroboree frogs are 26–31 mm (1.0–1.2 in) long, while males measure 22–29 mm (0.87–1.14 in); [5] both bear vivid yellow and black stripes across the head, back, and limbs. The body and head are short and wide, the snout has a slight point, and the fingers and toes lack webbing.
Corroboree at Newcastle is a painting in the collection of the State Library of New South Wales located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is the first known European oil painting to depict a night corroboree by Aboriginal Australian people.
This is not helped by the wikipedia article on corroboree. The importance of this distinction is the respect shown for ceremonial law business, which is only for the respective elders to discuss. Corroboree, at least today, means for everyone - men, women and children. 58.110.180.175 12:40, 21 August 2007 (UTC) [ reply ]