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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 .
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 Koojay Corroboree is held on Coogee Beach, with the name referring to the traditional Dharug name for the beach, Koojay. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The Koojay Corroboree is held during National Reconciliation Week (NRW) and commemorates the Bidjigal and Gadigal people, who both inhabited the land. [ 20 ]
Pseudophryne is a genus of small myobatrachid frogs.All of these frogs are small terrestrial frogs, and as such, most species are commonly called toadlets (pseudo-meaning deceptive, phryne meaning toad).
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
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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.