ABSTRACT
The earliest accounts of indigenous performance were recorded in settlers' and explorers' diaries and drawings (figure la) . The latest performances, incorporating modern Western dance, take place on urban stages and are recorded by photography (figure l b ) . In an indigenous language spoken around Port Jackson, the word for a performance of music and dance was documented as carib-berie, a term that in the form corroboree was widely adopted by immigrants and indigenous peoples who spoke other languages.
