Aboriginal words and names, Upper Clarence River dialect, collected by Thomas George Hewitt, ca. 1909; with introduction, notes and index by Robert L. Dawson, 1936 - Page 47

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– Origin of the Corrobboree –

"The tradition on the Richmond River of the
origin of the Corrobboree is that long ago there
were two brothers, all influential men, who
had a difference about their sway in those parts.
They were named Birrung, Mum-mor-ni, and Yab-brine.
Having had a dispute Birrung went north,
Mummorni south and Yabbrine west.
The latter introduced the Corrobboree and it
was the means of uniting them all again."