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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 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.
National symbols of Australia are the official symbols used to represent Australia as a nation or the Commonwealth Government. Additionally, each state and territory has its own set of symbols . List of symbols
The Nutbush is a classic Australian line dance—typically performed to the American song "Nutbush City Limits" by Ike & Tina Turner—was created in the 1970s disco era; it took off in Australia during the 1980s, and it has seen sustained success to this day, including gaining viral popularity internationally through TikTok.
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
Corroboree Park is in Ainslie, ACT, Canberra, Australia. It is shaped like a semicircle, and is associated with the Aboriginal use of the area prior to European settlement in Canberra. The park was created around 1925 around the 'Corroboree Tree' located in the park. It is in a heritage registered area, and is also a registered heritage park. [1]
Australian art is a broad spectrum of art created in or about Australia, or by Australians overseas, spanning from prehistoric times to the present day. The art forms include, but are not limited to, Aboriginal , Colonial, Landscape , Atelier , and Contemporary art .
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 .