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  2. Corroboree - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Corroboree frog - Wikipedia

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    Corroboree frogs (/ k ə ˈ r ɒ b ə r i / kuh-ROB-uh-ree) comprise two species of frog native to the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales in Australia. Both species are small, poisonous ground-dwelling frogs. The two species are the southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) and the northern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne pengilleyi ...

  4. Australian Aboriginal culture - Wikipedia

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    Use of the word "mark" in the game may be influenced by the Marn Grook word mumarki, meaning "catch". [57] However, this is likely a false etymology ; the term "mark" is traditionally used in Rugby and other games that predate AFL to describe a free kick resulting from a catch, [ 58 ] in reference to the player making a mark on the ground from ...

  5. Southern corroboree frog - Wikipedia

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    The southern corroboree frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) is a species of Australian ground frog native to southeastern Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The species was described in 1953 by Fulbright research scholar John A. Moore from a specimen collected at Towong Hill Station at Corryong , Victoria, and sent to the Australian Museum .

  6. Pseudophryne - Wikipedia

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    All of these frogs are small terrestrial frogs, and as such, most species are commonly called toadlets (pseudo-meaning deceptive, phryne meaning toad). The genus comprises thirteen species, ten from eastern Australia, and three from Western Australia. Species within the genus Pseudophryne lay their eggs on moist ground. The tadpoles develop ...

  7. Can Alec Baldwin be a ‘curmudgeon’? ‘Absolutely,’ says wife ...

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    Premiering Sunday, Feb. 23 at 10 p.m. ET on TLC, the show features the couple, who tied the knot in 2012, and their seven kids: Carmen, Rafael, Leonardo, Romeo, Eduardo, María Lucía and Ilaria.

  8. Dance in Australia - Wikipedia

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    They play an important role in marriage ceremonies, in the education of Indigenous children, as well as storytelling and oral history. The term corroboree is commonly used to refer to Australian Aboriginal dances, although this term has its origins among the people of the Sydney region. In some places, Aboriginal people perform corroborees for ...

  9. New test may detect Alzheimer's years before tau clumps ... - AOL

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    Tau can become phosphorylated, meaning that phosphate groups are added to it. This is normal, but in the case of Alzheimer’s, the phosphorylation is abnormal or excessive.