Koori

koori kööri English Alternative forms en koori Koorie Goori Goorie Etymology From en awk gurri; from the region of what is today Newcastle, adopted by indigenous people of other areas.169, 221Australian National Dictionary Centre » Australian words » Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms » K Pronunciation en /ˈkʊri/ AU en en-au-Koori.ogg AU Noun s es en Australian Aboriginal chiefly Victoria NSW An indigenous Australian. from 19th c. en 1996 Sarah Nuttall Text, Theory, Space: Post-Colonial Representations and Identity 175 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uB389In4zeAC&pg=PA175&dq=%22koori%22%7C%22kooris%22%7C%22koories%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WyaZT73KDKzSmAWcweWnBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22koori%22%7C%22kooris%22%7C%22koories%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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’. en 1998 Untold Stories: Memories and Lives of Victorian Kooris http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HpbpAJ7Bla4C&pg=PR19&dq=%22koori%22%7C%22kooris%22%7C%22koories%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MhWZT8DoFI3umAWllrzmBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22koori%22%7C%22kooris%22%7C%22koories%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false xix Stories from the Koori oral tradition show how differently the shared experience is perceived by indigenous and settler Australians. en 2009 Richard Everist Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula: The Spirit of Place 15 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Kx_-2k65xsAC&pg=PA15&dq=%22koori%22%7C%22kooris%22%7C%22koories%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MhWZT8DoFI3umAWllrzmBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22koori%22%7C%22kooris%22%7C%22koories%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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. en 2018 Melissa Lucashenko Too Much Lip University of Queensland Press 2023 18 He was getting old fast, the way Goorie blokes did, especially in little shitbox joints like Durrongo. Usage notes Preferred by (some of) the people themselves over the terms en aborigine and en aboriginal, which are considered to be culturally loaded. Other terms are used in other regions. Derived terms en Koori grapevine See also en Murri Queensland, New South Wales References Anagrams en ikoor iroko en Demonyms Australian demonyms