Goori
Goori is the alternative form of Koori.
Meaning of Koori
Noun
Koori (plural Kooris or Koories)
- An indigenous Australian.
- 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...1996, Sarah Nuttall, Text, Theory, Space: Post-Colonial Representations and Identity, page 175
Forms of Goori
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Origin of Goori
From Awabakal gurri as spoken in far northern New South Wales and south east Queensland, originally distinguished from Koori to the south. (See quotations for more information.)
Questions about Goori
- What is Goori the alternative form of?
- Goori is the alternative form of Koori.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Goori (page history and authors); Koori (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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