Meaning of Koori | Babel Free

Definitions

An indigenous Australian.

New-South-Wales

Examples

“C. S. of Stawell wrote to ‘point⟳ out some facts associated with Aboriginal myths of Dreamtime’. He denied a Koori presence (‘no Aboriginals ever entered the Grampians due to evil spirits’) and repeated a dominant pioneer folk myth that the rock-art was painted by ‘a French artist who had a great appreciation of Aboriginal art of central Australia’.”

“Stories from the Koori oral tradition show⟳ how differently the shared experience⟳ is perceived by indigenous and settler Australians.”

“Reliable population figures do not exist⟳, but it [is] likely there were never large numbers: perhaps 18000 to 20000 Kooris across Victoria, perhaps 700 Wathaurong.”

“He was getting old fast, the way Goorie blokes did, especially in little shitbox joints like⟳ Durrongo.”

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