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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 .
A corroboree is a ceremonial meeting for Australian Aboriginal people, interacting with the Dreaming and accompanied by song and dance. They differ from group to group, and may be sacred and private. They differ from group to group, and may be sacred and private.
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 ...
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 .
Either a corroboree means ceremony or the word describes performances which are not ceremonial. There is much confusion here because in the english literature on ceremonial and non ceremonial Australian performances by traditional owners the use of corroboree has, in the past, been used to describe both ceremony and non-ceremonial performance.
Corroboree is a ballet written by Australian composer John Antill in the early 1940s. The first full version of the score was completed in 1944 and it was first performed as a concert suite in 1946. [ 1 ]
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;
The area around Taralga was the traditional land of the Burra Burra peoples of the Gundungurra Nation. [citation needed].Although no major clashes with the Europeans seem to have been recorded, nor tales of collaboration with them, their last great gathering or corroboree seems to have been in the 1830s after which they are not recorded by European history.