Corroboree (1)

Corroboree (1) An Australian Aboriginal dance with music, generally one which is performed publicly. The term probably originated in a NSW Aboriginal language, although it now has a wider currency among non-Aboriginal Australians than among Aborigines. The words »boo-jery carib-berie« (good dance) appear in John Hunter's An Historical Journal of Events at Sydney and at Sea, 1781–1792. Aboriginal words for public singing and dancing vary among different language groups in other parts of…