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corroboree

or ǰ·Dz··

[ kuh-rob-uh-ree ]

noun

Australian.
  1. an assembly of Aboriginal people typified by singing and dancing, sometimes associated with traditional sacred rites.
  2. a social gathering, especially of a boisterous nature.


corroboree

/ əˈɒəɪ /

noun

  1. a native assembly of sacred, festive, or warlike character
  2. informal.
    any noisy gathering
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of corroboree1

First recorded in 1793, corroboree is from the Dharuk word ga-ra-ba-ra “dԳ”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of corroboree1

C19: from a native Australian language
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He began modelling after being scouted in the city and had acting roles in the 2007 film Corroboree and 2011's My Little Princess, which starred Isabelle Huppert.

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He and other scientists acknowledge that the culling is an ugly task to save other species, like the corroboree frog and the broad-toothed rat — which are found nowhere else in the world — from extinction.

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Eventually, it moved six koalas; nearly 1,000 endangered northern corroboree frogs; 22 especially precious brush-tailed rock wallabies, whose genetics are key to a breeding program meant to reestablish a population that is nearing extinction in the wild, and 26 endangered eastern bettongs, which already went extinct on the mainland but are being reintroduced.

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They include three critically endangered species: the southern corroboree frog, the regent honeyeater bird and the western ground parrot.

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He names seven species that he says would be extinct without Taronga's intervention: the Bellinger River turtle, the Lister's gecko, the Christmas Island blue-tailed skink, the Northern Corroboree frog, the Southern Corroboree frog, the yellow-spotted bell frog, the Booroolong frog.

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