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- noun Australia, Victoria, New South Wales An Australian
aborigine , especially one fromVictoria or southernNew South Wales .
Etymologies
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I certainly recognise the term Koori, but I'd most likely use aborigine and inflected forms in casual conversation.
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I can't recall using the word Koori either in writing or conversation.
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The circle-sentencing courts in New South Wales there are similar initiatives known as Koori courts in Victoria, Murri courts in Queensland and Nunga courts in South Australia follow the principles of those in Canada, which were pioneered in 1992 as a way of managing the crime rate among the indigenous population there.
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For some reason I never thought of it being used the same way as "Koori" or "Murri".
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"Fernleigh Public School teacher Ray Crane organised an information session and a number of workshop activities such as Koori games, Dreamtime painting and the cooking of johnny cakes for students to learn about Aboriginal culture."
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"Fernleigh Public School teacher Ray Crane organised an information session and a number of workshop activities such as Koori games, Dreamtime painting and the cooking of johnny cakes for students to learn about Aboriginal culture."
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"Koori" comes from the Awakabal language of northern NSW.
The Advertiser 2009
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"Koori" comes from the Awakabal language of northern NSW.
Wimmera Mail Times 2009
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To lump all the tribes together under the one heading Koori and all the whites under the heading Honky is as racist, if not more than anything the so called Honkies have done because it differentiates on the basis of skin colour.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Koori rehab centre in Brunswick in Melbourne's poetry belt.
Archive 2009-02-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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