Item 05: 'Aboriginal words and names chiefly from the Upper Clarence River Dialect, collected by Thomas George Hewitt of Grafton and Lismore', ca. 1909 and transcribed with additional notes by Robert L. Dawson, 6 June 1938 - Page 35

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The following words appear to be parts of Corrobboree songs.

No meanings given. —

                       "Yar-ro-ne gina, Kia Ki-yee N'gia

                         Ye Jen jen-ning, Karrah boo-gar,

                         Yur-rone gina, Kiah Ki-yee N'gia"

        "Ah jer-ra-win, ya goon-yum, Wobil Wobil,

         Kar-rhon-bay, wobil wobil, Kar-rhon-bay wobil wobil."

          —Origin of the Corrobboree—

"The tradition on the Richmond of the origin of

the Corrobboree is that long ago there were three

brothers, all influential men, who had a 

difference about their sway in those parts.

They were named Birrung, Mum-nor-ni and

Yabbrine. Having had a dispute Birrung

went north, Mummorai south and Yabbrine west.

The latter introduced the Corrobboree and it 

was the means of uniting them all again."