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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 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.
Dyirbal songs are divided into dancing and love songs. The dancing style was called gama. [29] One recorded by Robert Dixon from Wille Kelly on the outskirts of Ravenshoe takes as its theme the willie wagtail (Dyirbal: jigirrjigirr, or in the mother-in-law register of the language, burulabarra "he who belongs to the fighting ground").
corroboree; dilli (a bag) [4] commonly, and tautologically, as "dilly-bag" djanga; gibber (a stone) [4] esp. in gibber plain=stony desert; gin (now a racially offensive word for an Aboriginal woman) gunyah; humpy (a hut) kurdaitcha; lubra (now a racially offensive word for an Aboriginal woman) marn grook; mia-mia (a hut) [4] nulla-nulla; turndun
Gender is an important factor in some ceremonies with men and women having separate ceremonial traditions, such as the Crane Dance. [1] The term "corroboree" is commonly used by non-Indigenous Australians to refer to any Aboriginal dance, although this term has its origins among the people of the Sydney region. In some places, Australian ...
A corroboree broadly refers to a meeting of Aboriginal Australians, sometimes of different clans. [19] The Randwick City Council, in conjunction with the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council, have hosted an annual Koojay Corroboree since 2015, although not running in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 20 ]
Essie Coffey OAM, born Essieina Shillingsworth, (1941–1998) was born near Goodooga in northern New South Wales, Australia. [3] [4] She was a Muruwari woman and the co-founder of the Western Aboriginal Legal Service and served on a number of government bodies and Aboriginal community organisations.